Middle East Managing Editor, Dow Jones
Middle East Managing Editor for Dow Jones in Dubai
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Andrew Critchlow
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The Collapse of the 'Dubai Miracle' Two weeks ago, the world of finance was told that Dubai had weathered the global recession. But last week, markets around the world were shaken when Dubai World, the country's major developer, asked for a six month delay in payments on billions in debt. Now, global financiers are claiming they've been misled. Should investors have seen it coming? What's the possible impact on the global economy? Is the next step a kind of test for Islamic finance under Shariah law?
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Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.
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The Trump agenda: where's the beef? President Trump says big things are happening. After celebrating a House bill on health care, he doesn’t yet have Senate agreement. With James Comey’s public testimony scheduled tomorrow, the President today tweeted his selection of a new FBI Director. Is the Chief Executive all style and no substance? Later, terror attacks in Iran and conflicting claims about who’s behind them.
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What happens when America retreats from the world? Is President Trump taking his "America First" agenda to extremes, withdrawing the country from the international stage on trade and climate change, distancing America from its traditional allies across the Atlantic and even threatening to physically isolate the country through the building of a wall along its southern border? León Krauze guest hosts.
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Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?