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Tuesday 21/February/2017 14:48 PM

Trump the reluctant multilateralist

Donald Trump did not assume the US presidency as a committed multilateralist. On that, partisans of all political persuasions can agree. Among his most...

Tuesday 21/February/2017 14:30 PM

Putting Asia’s savings to work in Asia

For more than three decades, Asia has experienced faster economic growth than any other region. As it has developed, Asia has been exporting its savings,...

Tuesday 21/February/2017 14:09 PM

Trump’s China challenge

Over the last eight years, as China’s posturing in Asia became increasingly aggressive, many criticised US president Barack Obama for failing to stand up...

Monday 20/February/2017 22:04 PM

International Mother Language Day

Times of Oman designers depict a world around them through illustrations everyday, either to enhance the visual elements of a story or as a standalone...

Monday 20/February/2017 16:08 PM

How Trump can make the Americas great again

Latin Americans are understandably edgy these days. The region's economy is struggling, corruption scandals have spread like mosquito-borne disease, and...

Monday 20/February/2017 15:47 PM

Asia's strongmen aren't strong enough

Across Asia, the world has supposedly been witnessing the return of the strongman. Chinese President Xi Jinping has been grasping more and more control in...

Monday 20/February/2017 14:54 PM

How to survive the Trump era

In barely a month, US President Donald Trump has managed to spread chaos and uncertainty – and a degree of fear that would make any terrorist proud – at...

Monday 20/February/2017 14:09 PM

Mutual assured deterrence

The degradation of governance within the international system is a hot topic nowadays – and for good reason. The underpinnings of the rules-based world...

Sunday 19/February/2017 21:21 PM

Kim Jong Nam's death

Times of Oman designers depict a world around them through illustrations everyday, either to enhance the visual elements of a story or as a standalone...

Sunday 19/February/2017 15:35 PM

India needs a nudge, not a shove

It’s been more than three months since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on television to tell his people that 86 per cent of their currency would...