Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLIX

No 3

16-January-2006

Political Comment (16 January 2006)

Irans decision to resume uranium enrichment research may finally have galvanized the international community into action at the IAEA and the Security Council. The Americans continue to insist that Syria must cooperate unconditionally with the UN investigation into the assassination of Rafiq al-Hariri. Iraqs Shias are not willing to renegotiate the principle of federalism in the constitution approved in...