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China and America: A political war!
Supporters of the protest movement in Hong Kong were elated when their candidates swept the recent municipal elections defeating central government candidates and causing severe embarrassment to Carrie Lam the provincial executive appointed by Beijing.This news reminded me of the American writer George Friedman, who said that America’s strategy with China would not be direct confrontation, but would be rooted in the spirit of democracy and economic liberalism as opposed to the political weight of central decisions made in Beijing.There are convictions (supported by statistics) that the dynamism that generated amazing creativity during the dualism of capitalist technology has shortened the time it takes for any state to develop, and thus to reach a respectable level of prosperity.Britain...
December 09, 2019

China and America: A political war!

Middle East Winter: The people have spoken!
What is happening in the Middle East? First, people revolted in Algeria and Sudan. Those in power for a long time decided to renew their rule over the youth. It would have been accepted if their achievements had been exceptional. Instead, both countries have been in decline for ages, due to incompetency, corruption, nepotism and authoritarian rule. In Algeria, the president suffered from the results of a stroke for years. His family and friends were ruling in his name, and making fortunes. Since business was thriving, they decided to renew the contract and put the dysfunctional boss up for another “guaranteed” election. In Sudan, the president was about to break the Constitution, once again, for another term. In both nations, the people revolted and resisted. The old guard tried all...
December 03, 2019

Middle East Winter: The people have spoken!

Different writer with bold ideas!
There are some writers, like Alvin Toffler and John Naisbitt, who can be described as great and “different”, because they have the ability and insight to see what others do not see and in their scientific way they can extrapolate what they have learned from different sources.Today, there is a writer who does not receive enough attention and who only seems to be followed in elite circles, but whose name will inevitably be at the forefront of writers influential in the fields of technology, energy, climate and economics.The writer I refer to is Vaclav Smil, a Canadian of Czech descent, who has written over 40 very important books on topics, such as “energy and civilization”. He is an emeritus professor at the University of Manitoba in Canada, and is the favorite writer of the...
December 02, 2019

Different writer with bold ideas!

Aramco IPO: To buy or not to buy?
“To buy or not to buy”, that is the question! Most Saudis will eventually buy into their oil company giant Saudi Aramco as the question has moved from if to how much. That’s normal. Everything about this sale is amazingly enormous and different. We never thought this day would come! After the first announcement that 5 percent of Aramco would be sold to local and international investors, there was total shock followed by heated debate. Some thought we were selling our notational treasures to foreigners – including our oil wells. Many felt that allowing outsiders to own part of the company would give them the right to share in management and decision making - including production levels. “Having oil consumers on board will enable them to drive production up and prices down, against...
November 25, 2019

Aramco IPO: To buy or not to buy?

Impeachment and the US election!
News related to next year’s American elections is of vital interest to the whole world because of the great weight and influence of the United States, as well as the fact that American democracy is one of the most successful and most important models in the world.The US Congress, which is currently contemplating the impeachment and removal of the US president, is gathering evidence and documents, as well as obtaining the testimony of influential figures in the government.The issue being investigated is whether or not the president applied pressure on a foreign country (Ukraine) in order to obtain information against his main rival in the Democratic Party, Joe Biden, whose son was once involved with a Ukrainian company. It is alleged that the president held up military aid to Ukraine to...
November 25, 2019

Impeachment and the US election!

The Iranian threat
Since the 1979 revolution that led to the establishment of a totalitarian theocracy, the Tehran regime has threatened the stability and security of the Middle East.In deciding to withdraw the United States from the Iranian nuclear agreement and reinstate sanctions against Iran, President Donald Trump stressed on May 8, 2018 that the Joint Global Action Plan, concluded in 2015, was the “worst agreement ever signed by his country”.Indeed, this agreement was conceived by former President Obama who wanted to reverse alliances as part of his destructive strategy, of which the so-called “Arab springs” are a sad illustration. In reality, it was a fool’s market that mainly allowed the Iranian regime to strengthen itself and use most of the income from sanctions relief to finance Iran’s...
November 24, 2019

The Iranian threat

Two sides of an issue
My recent article on the verdict by the Indian Supreme Court on the Babri Mosque/Ayodhya issue elicited some very strong responses from readers, many in support of what I had stated and some strongly opposed to what I had written.One such reader went to the extent of addressing the President and Prime Minister of India to intervene on his behalf and set me straight. He wrote:“Dear President, Supreme Court of India and PMO,While India and Saudi Arabia enjoy a relationship, there are many puppets of Pakistan in Saudi journalism, who keep bashing India with lies and false narratives.“The so-called-journalist who is in CC of this email is one such personality.“But now he has gone to the further extent of assaulting the Indian judicial system, which is very fair, which even gave a good...
November 19, 2019

Two sides of an issue

Time of change!
The Arab world today or, more precisely, the Middle East has become a region of transformation. Regardless of its style, manner and direction it must be described as a transformation.The great Czech writer Franz Kafka once asked: “How did I become the person I am? Am I really myself, or am I made by others rather than the person who is me?” And what applies to people also applies to peoples and nations. In the past hundred years, the Arab world and the Middle East have lost the ability to exercise tolerance in the midst of the growth of hate speech in the name of religion.The region, which was the cradle of civilizations, cultures and religions, has become a threatening center for what the French-Lebanese writer and novelist Amin Maalouf calls “the sinking of civilizations.”There...
November 18, 2019

Time of change!

‘The shameful collapse of Indian judiciary’
Nothing coming out of India seems to surprise me lately. After the reported arbitrary arrests of Muslims in some states tending to their cattle business, to the mob lynchings that followed that did not appear to have been publicly censured by the ruling government, anything today seems possible. Add to this morass of bad tidings the Indian government’s intention of taking away the citizenship of over two million, mostly Muslims, in Assam and the unilateral abrogation of a decades-long treaty which allowed Kashmiris autonomy and you get the picture.On 6 December 1992, a violent crowd consisting of Hindu fanatics fueled by BJP/RSS mobsters demolished the Babri mosque, resulting in communal riots leading to over 2,000 deaths, most of them Muslims. The mosque was built in 1528–29 on orders...
November 12, 2019

‘The shameful collapse of Indian judiciary’

Global forces of change!
There are important factors impacting policies, decisions and legislation in Western society. Perhaps the most important forces of change are the following:1. Modern technology seriously threatens the labor market and has led to the dismissal of hundreds of thousands employed in the industrial sector. It also poses a threat to the privacy of citizens and can be used to influence democratic elections or attack the electronic infrastructure of banks and water and electricity companies.2. The rise of China as an economic power will soon make that country the largest economy in the world. However, China’s authoritarianism, suppression of liberties and communist rule are values ​​contrary to those promoted by the political system in the West. US President Richard Nixon and his secretary...
November 11, 2019

Global forces of change!

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