Tag: Asad
Nawaz’s Economic Achievements: Rhetoric & Reality? – Asad Umar
Asad Umar l Nawaz Sharif is going around trying to build a narrative to rescue his sinking political ship these days. An important element of...
Difficult 2016 for Saudi Arabia? Worse to come in 2017
By James M. Dorsey 2016 was not a good year for Saudi Arabia. Sharply lower oil prices sparked a domestic financial crisis that is forcing...
Moscow has the world’s attention. For Putin, that’s a win.
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin is winning. For now. The Russian leader is winning because the post-Cold War order he has railed against has been thrown into...
Aleppo battle: Hopes rise for evacuation of rebel-held areas
Hopes have risen that a planned evacuation of rebel-held parts of the Syrian city of Aleppo will now begin soon, after an earlier deal...
Outraged By What’s Happening In Syria? Here’s What You Can Do
The Syrian crisis has claimed nearly 500,000 lives and forced more than 11 million people to flee their homes. Damascus is committing war crimes...
