Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 45

8-November-2004

The Political Scene (8 November 2004)

The prospect of another four years of the Bush administration has cast a pall of gloom across the region and prompted the Europeans to deny that the US now intends to go after Iran.

Region Apprehensive As Bush Wins

For American liberals, the reelection of President George Bush is a setback that will presumably be rectified at some point in the future when the domestic political pendulum swings the...