Category Archives: Analysis
Reuters’ Analysis: Syria’s Assad loses his grip to hardliners
Analysis: Syria’s Assad loses his grip to hardliners Credit: Reuters/Umit Bektas By Samia Nakhoul Protesters hold defaced posters of Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad during a demonstration to express solidarity with Syria’s anti-government protesters in front of the Syrian embassy in … Continue reading
“How Tyrants Endure” ~New York Times Op-Ed
OP-ED CONTRIBUTORS How Tyrants Endure By BRUCE BUENO De MESQUITA and ALASTAIR SMITH Published: June 9, 2011 WHY do certain dictators survive while others fall? Throughout history, downtrodden citizens have tried to throw off the yoke of their oppressors, but … Continue reading
PITA POLICY Welcomes TIME Magazine’s 2011 Influencers
“Words and numbers are equally important…it’s the thought behind them that speak and count more.”~PITA POLICY Intelligence, humor, leadership, and innovation catapult our notable American Influencers into Time magazine’s 100 Influencers. As an American-Muslim, who specializes in political economy … Continue reading
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East Asia as a Testing Ground for General Theory: Can MENA duplicate that success without the Pitfalls?
Atul Kohli explores the state’s capacities and relationships with business and labor to foster a set of conditions, which developing states tend to encompass to promote heavy industrialization. He asserts that institutions that facilitate or inhibit economic decisions shadow even … Continue reading
