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A new path charted for the country
His Majesty King Abdullah’s Speech from the Throne inaugurating the first ordinary session of the 18th Parliament marks a new phase in the democratic march of the country.Addressing the two Chambers of Parliament, the King urged the people’s representatives, “ ...
Arab American voters favour Clinton
By James J. Zogby - Nov 07, 2016 - Last updated at Nov 07, 2016 22:16
For years, Arab American voters, like most other ethnic communities, slightly leaned towards the Democratic Party but were swing voters in n ...
Radical realism about climate change
By Lili Fuhr - Nov 07, 2016 - Last updated at Nov 07, 2016 22:15
Mainstream politics, by definition, is ill equipped to imagine fundamental change. ...
Jordan’s per capita income ‘incorrect’
By Fahed Fanek - Nov 06, 2016 - Last updated at Nov 06, 2016 22:49
According to Al Rai newspaper of October 26, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) placed Jordan on the 10th position in the per capita shar ...
New president in Lebanon — whose victory?
By Amer Al Sabaileh - Nov 06, 2016 - Last updated at Nov 06, 2016 22:49
After more than two years without a president, Lebanon has finally elected Michel Aoun. ...
How much Europe do Europeans need?
By Joschka Fischer - Nov 06, 2016 - Last updated at Nov 06, 2016 22:48
In his final address to the European Parliament in 1995, then-French president François Mitterrand, whose failing health was evident to all, ...
Populism for the rich
By Ian Buruma - Nov 06, 2016 - Last updated at Nov 06, 2016 22:48
I recently joined a tour in Bucharest of the Palace of Parliament, the gigantic folly built in the 1980s on the orders of the late Roma ...
The Kremlin’s war on liberalism
By Nadezda Azhgikhina - Nov 06, 2016 - Last updated at Nov 06, 2016 22:47
In the wake of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in the United States, the so-called “War on Terror” was launched. ...
Demographics and development
By Mahmoud Mohieldin - Nov 05, 2016 - Last updated at Nov 05, 2016 22:31
Achieving the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) — which aim to end poverty, boost shared prosperity and promote sustainability, ...
A year to remember
By Walid M. Sadi - Nov 05, 2016 - Last updated at Nov 05, 2016 22:30
The 2016 US presidential election is only two days away and what a relief this will be for the entire world after so much drama, surpri ...

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