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THE BEAR'S LAIR : Egypt a preview of our future 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Egypt got by for centuries in reasonable contentment. Its present chaos reflects a fast-growing, mostly young, population with dismal employment prospects. Welcome to the conditions that await much of...
China output curbs doomed to failure 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
The Chinese government's latest actions to close industrial companies to curb overproduction, however laudable, have a familiar ring to them, and the efforts will be as ineffective as previously. - Mi...
SPEAKING FREELY : Erdogan flies flag for Middle East stability 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Support from the United States, Europe and Gulf monarchies for the military coup in Egypt leaves Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan further isolated after his regional vision took a battering...
US sparks Indonesia arms sale concern 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has used a visit to Indonesia to announce the largest military deal between the two countries. The sale of eight Apache attack helicopters raises concerns that the ...
Follow the money to bury dictators 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
The only way to break a vicious cycle of Western support for Middle East strongmen allowing them to cling to power is to eliminate the incentives. To achieve this, it must become institutionalized glo...
China, Taiwan volunteer armies part ways 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
As Taiwan's volunteer recruitment army program falters in the face of public mistrust and the death of a young corporal in training, China is ramping up its initiatives by seeking better qualified can...
SINOGRAPH : US hurdles strew China's reform path 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
The debate in China over whether Western-style change or an embrace of a new Maoism is the right path underlines that the country has reached an historic point as significant as that crossed by Deng X...
Meaningless ceasefire in south Thailand 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
A reported statistical fall in "violent incidents" in south Thailand over Ramadan masks that the attacks were greater in intensity, with rebel Malay Muslims launching increasingly sophisticated improv...
THE ROVING EYE : Obama set for holy Tomahawk war 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
"Responsibility to protect", invoked for the war on Libya, has transmogrified into "responsibility to attack" - just because the Obama administration says so. Forget (again) about getting the facts ri...
AFTERMATH OF GAS ATTACK : Obama keeps hold of the Syrian ball 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
The prospect of a double whammy perhaps prompted Russia's Vladimir Putin to switch his Middle East focus from Damascus, believing the game there already his, to Cairo. But Barack Obama still has the S...
