Global and Regional Economic Integration and Economic Growth: Lessons from Asia for the MENA Region?

The IMF Deputy Managing Director, Naoyuki Shinohara, pointed out last year that “the most striking trend in Asia’s rise as the world’s leading source of exports has been the growth in intraregional trade. While global trade and Asia’s trade with economies outside the region have doubled since 2000, intra-Asian trade has tripled, and regional trade […]

Sahara: Portuguese FM hails Autonomy Plan as a significant initiative, a step forward

Portuguese Foreign Minister, João Gomes Cravinho, hailed the Autonomy Plan presented by Morocco to reach a solution to the dispute over the Sahara, calling it a “significant” initiative and a “step forward”. “The autonomy plan presented by Morocco is an important, significant plan and a step forward,” said the Portuguese FM in a statement to […]

Western Sahara: Morocco Concerned by UN Biased Standpoint

Morocco has expressed concern about the United Nations Organization’s biased stands when it comes to the issue of human rights in Western Sahara and in the Algeria-based Tindouf camps that are run by the separatist Polisario Front. The worries were reignited by the report that the UN Secretary General Ban Ki -Moon is to submit […]