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Political Comment (28 March 2011)
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 13 28-Mar-2011 Political Comment (28 March 2011) Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi is vowing to fight on despite the successful imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya by the coalition enforcing UNSC Resolution 1973. The US has succeeded in...
Volume: 54Issue: 13Published at Mon, 28 Mar 2011 -
Political Comment (21 March 2011)
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 12 21-Mar-2011 POLITICAL COMMENT Political Comment (21 March 2011) After some equivocation, the UN Security Council has approved the imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya. Bahrain has abandoned dialogue with the opposition and opted in...
Volume: 54Issue: 12Published at Mon, 21 Mar 2011 -
Political Comment (14 March 2011)
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 11 14-Mar-2011 Political Comment (14 March 2011) France has chosen to recognize the Libyan insurgents just as the tide of battle may be turning against them. Yemeni President 'Ali 'Abd Allah Salih continues to insist on serving his full te...
Volume: 54Issue: 11Published at Mon, 14 Mar 2011 -
Political Comment (28 February 2011)
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 9 28-Feb-2011 Political Comment (28 February 2011) The internet intifada has reached Libya, where by the end of the week Col Qadhafi was defiantly fighting a rearguard action against a violent uprising. The Americans have taken the lead in tr...
Volume: 54Issue: 10Published at Mon, 07 Mar 2011 -
Political Comment (28 February 2011)
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 9 28-Feb-2011 Political Comment (28 February 2011) The internet intifada has reached Libya, where by the end of the week Col Qadhafi was defiantly fighting a rearguard action against a violent uprising. The Americans have taken the lead in tr...
Volume: 54Issue: 09Published at Mon, 28 Feb 2011 -
Political Comment (21 February 2011)
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 8 21-Feb-2011 Political Comment (21 February 2011) People power has toppled Egyptian President Husni Mubarak and has ignited opposition protests across the Arab world, although it is hard to say whether these are aftershocks or the pr...
Volume: 54Issue: 08Published at Mon, 21 Feb 2011 -
Political Comment (14 February 2011)
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 7 14-Feb-2011 Political Comment (14 February 2011) President Husni Mubarak's refusal to step down has led Egypt to the brink of the abyss on Friday 11 February. The ongoing political crisis in Egypt has shredded relations between Wa...
Volume: 54Issue: 07Published at Mon, 14 Feb 2011 -
Political Comment (7 February 2011)
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 6 7-Feb-2011 POLITICAL COMMENT Political Comment (7 February 2011) After a week of further violence in Egypt, the future of President Husni Mubarak was still unclear. In Jordan the king has replaced his prime minister, while in Yemen Pr...
Volume: 54Issue: 06Published at Mon, 07 Feb 2011 -
Political Comment (31 January 2011)
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 5 31-Jan-2011 POLITICAL COMMENT Political Comment (31 January 2011) The turmoil unleashed by the revolution in Tunisia has metastasized to Yemen and, more crucially, Egypt. Lebanon's new prime minister has the backing of Hi...
Volume: 54Issue: 05Published at Mon, 31 Jan 2011 -
Political Comment (24 January 2011)
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 4 24-Jan-2011 POLITICAL COMMENT Political Comment (24 January 2011) It is unclear who or what will fill the power vacuum in Tunisia created by the collapse of the Ben Ali regime. Outside mediation has failed to resolve Lebanon's po...
Volume: 54Issue: 04Published at Mon, 24 Jan 2011 -
Political Comment (17 January 2011)
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 3 17-Jan-2011 POLITICAL COMMENT Political Comment (17 January 2011) Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has responded to violent unrest in the country by announcing that he will not run for reelection in 2014. Lebanon's na...
Volume: 54Issue: 03Published at Mon, 17 Jan 2011 -
Political Comment (3-10 January 2011)
...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 1-2 3/10-Jan-2011 POLITICAL COMMENT Political Comment (3-10 January 2011) Belligerent anti-Turkish statements by Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman have done little for Israeli-Turkish relations or the cohesion of Israel's go...
Volume: 54Issue: 01/02Published at Mon, 10 Jan 2011 -
Political Comment (22 November 2010)
...certain whether the deal would still be on the table when the security cabinet holds its next meeting on 24 November. In the circumstances, State Department spokesman P J Crowley was probably guilty of understatement when he suggested on 15 November that the original deadline of August 2011 for re...
Volume: 53Issue: 47Published at Tue, 23 Nov 2010 -
Political Comment (3 May 2010)
...shir's National Congress Party to steer the country towards the ultimate goal of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended more than 20 years of civil war, the January 2011 referendum on independence for the south of the country. Charles Snow...
Volume: 53Issue: 18Published at Mon, 03 May 2010 -
Political Comment (12 April 2010)
...ferendum on independence in the south in January 2011 ‒ remains to be seen. Netanyahu Pulls Out Of NSS At the signature of the START 2 treaty in Prague on 8 April, US President Barack Obama was at pains to emphasize "America's commitment to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as a cornerstone of ou...
Volume: 53Issue: 15Published at Mon, 12 Apr 2010 -
Political Comment (8 February 2010)
...to a confrontation between Mr Maliki and his Shi'a allies in the Iraqi National Alliance (formerly the United Iraqi Alliance) and their Sunni and secular opponents that could threaten the legitimacy of the elections, and with it American plans to withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2011. Ah...
Volume: 53Issue: 06Published at Mon, 08 Feb 2010 -
Political Comment (2 November 2009)
...mid-2010 and withdraw altogether by the end of 2011. 'Abbas Sets Election Date In a move which probably signals the demise of Egyptian attempts to end to the rift at the heart of the Palestinian movement by mediating a rapprochement between Fatah and Hamas, Palestinian President (and Fatah le...
Volume: 52Issue: 44Published at Mon, 02 Nov 2009 -
Political Comment (26 October 2009)
...r troop withdrawals, which calls for an end to combat missions by 31 August 2010 and the removal of all US forces by the end of 2011. Obama Engages With Sudan On 19 October President Barack Obama launched what could be a new era of engagement in Washington's problematic relations with Kh...
Volume: 52Issue: 43Published at Mon, 26 Oct 2009 -
Political Comment (24 August 2009)
...erican plans to withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by August 2010 and to leave the country altogether by the end of 2011. Hamas Confronts Salafists With the Palestinian leadership already divided between the secular nationalists of Fatah in the West Bank and the Islamists of Hamas in Gaza, a fu...
Volume: 52Issue: 34Published at Mon, 24 Aug 2009 -
Political Comment (6 July 2009)
...rces by 31 August 2010, followed by the withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq by the end of 2011, as provided for in last year’s Status of Forces Agreement. Assuming everything goes according to plan (which is probably a rash assumption in Iraq), it is only then that a truly independent Iraq will have to...
Volume: 52Issue: 27Published at Mon, 06 Jul 2009