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Sunday, February 5, 2012 As of 4:56 pm (GMT +5 hours)
Financial sanctions a better bet than EU oil embargo
18.01.12 15:09Curbing crude exports will provoke a popular backlash against the West and strengthen Iran`s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s hand.
More Analysis & Opinion Stories
- Sectarianism, conflict and poverty could define 2012
- Russia’s Putin risks losing touch amid protests
- Analysis: As euro steadies, fund managers hedge bearish bets
- Putin remains untroubled by wave of protests
- Clouds of war hover over Iran
- Analysis: In a close-knit world, frontier debt loses out
- The race of fear and irritation enters its final stage
- Medvedev and Obama move from reset to threats
- China seeks close ties with the EU and US
- US needs to engage with Islamists
- 16 days of activism against gender violence
- Iran misjudged West’s resolve in nuclear standoff
- Obama’s Iraq gameplan
- Psychological intimidation of Iran will lead to a new war
- Al Assad has run out of options
- Israelis doubt world will stop Iran’s nuclear quest
World to face extended fiscal volatility
21.01.12 22:49The World Bank has cut its forecast for global growth for this year and next. It now expects economic expansion to be 2.5 per cent in 2012.
US reviews global military strategy
12.01.12 20:55Financial crunch is forcing Obama to embrace technology and strategic alliances to retain dominance in new world.
OTHER TOP STORIES
- Despite saber-rattling, military action ‘long way off’ for US and Iran
- War with Iran not serious option for US or Israel
- Due West: Push and pull of Russian power
- Iran could close Hormuz – but not for long
- Israel fails to create climate for peace talks
- Time to react to open Iranian threats
