Egypt has shifted to a more cooperative mode viz. the United States after Mubarak learned the tough way that you can’t play both ends of the game and win (see 23 October report). The anti-West crowd aimed its guns at
There appears to be a growing retro-trend in the world that the rule of countries is best kept within families. Besides Bush, note Syria’s Assad; Jordan’s Hussein; Egypt’s Mubarak; Morocco’s Hassan; Libya’s Khaddafi (to his daughter); Congo; Iraq; North Korea;
In case you were wondering, here’s a list of Stuff Ivan Monitors. I’m interested in knowing what else you think I should be reading. Dailies New York Times Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswire BBC World Television Stratfor Intelligence
Markets: Early jumpstart in January due to relief that Y2K went OK and in anticipation of a good first quarter with sales of pent-up demand goods such as PC’s; markets will head south late January in anticipation of a fed
American Presidential Situation — Neither Side Wins In the End Given the split legislature we have elected, I project that Bush will be better to deal with Congress. He will seek consensus and get bills passed. Gore will be self-righteous
Historically, bad news comes to light after elections. There are few stories and events waiting to surface that could have a material effect on world markets and the general mood. 1. Banks are heavily lent to telecom companies, whose shares
1. Elections…Too close to call. Gore has not managed to convince Americans via the debates that Bush is a moron who has no business being president. Just as much as Bashar Assad has the basis for being president of Syria.
This writing deals only with reports and views on the Arab-Israeli conflict. The trip journal will deal with the domestic situations in the various countries that I visited (11 of them on this trip). That journal will be published October
I don’t think that even Barak and Arafat know what will happen 4 weeks from now, but we have learned some things from recent events and from history. Also, there have been enough leaks by now to get a pretty
Thank you to Harry Walker, Rosalie Shore and Rabbi Steinberg for inviting me, and to you all for attending. As part of my profession and to prepare my columns and forecasts, I read papers, monitor newscasts and talk regularly to
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