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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FROM 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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Is the threat from Russia missing from the Russia meddling probe? There's much being made about the Trump administration's possible ties with Russia. But the bottom line is Russia's effort to influence American democracy. Do the President and his aides care enough to take action before voters go back to the polls?
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Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.
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Who's to blame for the opioid crisis? Some of the lawyers who took on Big Tobacco are now going after Big Pharma. It’s all about the deadly epidemic of opioid use. Are the drug companies to blame? What about the users? Later, on today’s Talking Point: making sense of Britain’s upset election.
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Janesville and the American Dream Janesville, Wisconsin is the hometown of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. But he couldn’t prevent the closing of the General Motors factory after 100 years. On this Memorial Day rebroadcast of To the Point, we hear what’s happened to what once was a model of American middle-class unity.