Word: establishmentism
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Islam is central to the identity of the Saudi state, whose influence in the Muslim world is based on its stewardship of Mecca and Medina, the two holiest cities in Islam. The al-Saud family has held on to power by placating the kingdom's religious establishment, which is dominated...
INVESTMENT Caught in a Bear Trap Swiss multimillionaire and bow-tied shareholder activist Martin Ebner, who has made a career out of being a thorn in the side of Switzerland's corporate establishment, sees himself as the Swiss equivalent to that patron saint of U.S. shareholders, investor Warren Buffett. Lately...
However, justice is necessary for peace, and the courts in war-torn countries are often inadequate—corrupt, under-funded, understaffed—to handle cases of this magnitude. International criminal law—which enables accused war criminals to be tried in other countries for �...
A letter from leaders of the Tanzim faction of Fatah proclaiming the intent to pursue a unilateral cease-fire was published in the Israeli media this week. Although it was pooh-poohed by the security establishment and its purported cease-fire initiative suspended after the Gaza air raid, it contains...
The first battle of President George W. Bush's war on Iraq is already underway - but Washington, rather than Baghdad, is the battlefield. All summer the chatter over whether, where and how to use U.S. military force to bring down Saddam Hussein has grown increasingly urgent. Hardly a day goes...