The decision regarding chemical weapons opens up a certain possibility of normalising the overall situation in Syria. Although, it is still too early to say that Syria has reached the point of no return in regulating the whole issue as the future of the country is still up in the air. On the...

On the eve of the Islamic offensive, Syria had already suffered a considerably severe blow. It fell on Syria in the form of the global financial crisis which caused Syrian rates of economic growth to plummet from 5% to 2% by 2011. Although the losses were not critical then, it is evident...

Syria has been living the past three years completely engulfed in rampant terror and threats to the population, which are actively being used to demoralise the administration and force it to leave the political arena. The fact that the military campaigns have a localized nature does not...

The Arab world is chronically falling behind the industrial leaders, and the hanging up in the stage of transition to more intensive forms of labour and types of production is going to continue in the foreseeable future. The idea of integration as a means to escape backwardness and encourage...

A certain share of those people shaping modern Arab thought speak openly about their doubts as to recognition of capitalism as an incontestable system for optimizing economic and interpersonal relations. Arab ideologists are in search of a special development option...

Arab oil importers are faced with a hard life. In the foreseeable future, their existence will be strictly determined by scarcity of capital, and their lagging behind in terms of livelihood will be increasing markedly. The indicative planning of the times of socialist...

The oil exporting part of the Arab world, though seemingly homogeneous, carries within itself noticeable differences of the economic, political and socio-cultural nature. The only circumstance ...