Category: Columns

Matein Khalid This is definitely not the best of all possible Panglossian macro worlds as the S&P 500 is 20% below its January peak, growth

Matein Khalid Massive buying of Treasury bonds since last evening when we hit 3.18% yield on the UST 10. UST 10 yield fell to 3.00% in

James M Dorsey Malaysia has emerged as a potential external operations base for Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip if Turkey expels

By Manish Rai The Taliban now has firm control over Afghanistan. At this point in time, the Taliban have no opponents capable of undermining their

Matein Khalid King Dollar is now on a rampage that will redefine global capital flows and have a seismic impact on the economies, financial markets

James M Dorsey Russia and the Nordic countries’ pavilions at this year’s Venice Biennale, the world’s most prestigious art exhibition, project two different concepts of

Matein Khalid The mini crash in crude oil in Asia was triggered by the rumour that China's zero Covid policy means that Beijing will join

By Jacob Chacko  Gargantuan advancements have been made over the last couple of years to tackle the pandemic. But COVID-19 is still casting a long

Damsana Ranadhiran It seems freedom of expression and freedom of press are being suffocated in Bangladesh under a draconian law titled Digital Security Act, and

By Manish Rai In 2018, Pakistan witnessed the rise of new celebrity Prime Minister Imran Khan, who vowed to halt dynastic politics, end corruption and

Sheikh Manzoor Ahmed The United Arab Emirates (UAE) stands out as a shining example of having excellent and strong bonds of friendship with India in the whole

James M Dorsey A straightforward message emerged from this week’s meeting in the Negev desert of the foreign ministers of four Arab countries, Israel and

James M Dorsey Three scantily dressed samba dancers wearing traditional feather headdresses laid bare the limits of social liberalisation in Saud Arabia when they earlier this year

By James M Dorsey The Ukraine crisis may constitute a more impactful, historic watershed than the 1989 fall of the Berlin wall in the mind of

By James M Dorsey What did Russian President Vladimir Putin think when he ordered his troops into Ukraine? Ray Charles' 'Georgia on mind’ must have

James M Dorsey Struggling to remain on the sidelines of the 21st century’s watershed war in Ukraine, Middle Eastern nations are discovering that they may

M A Hossain Historically, Ukraine crisis began in the year of 1954, when Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev handed over Crimea from Russian Socialist Federal Republic

James M Dorsey Two diametrically opposed visions of moderate Islam have emerged as major Muslim powers battle to define the soul of their faith in

Matein Khalid A paranoid autocrat is never a rational decision maker and has historically sent untold millions of humans to their deaths for nothing. So

James M Dorsey Emiratis celebrated their decision not to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the United Nations Security Council as the end of

Matein Khalid The Russian invasion of Ukraine is both a humanitarian tragedy and an economic disaster. Something is dangerously wrong in a world where its

By James M Dorsey It may be only a matter of time before Russian troops control the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and topple President Volodymyr

By James M Dorsey Israel and Gulf states struggle not to fall off the tightrope they walk as a Russian attack on Ukraine makes hedging

James M Dorsey Europe is likely to shoulder the brunt of the fallout of a rapidly escalating crisis over Ukraine. Middle Eastern states could prove