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ISLAMIC CULTURE AND POLITICAL THOUGHT
LEBANON'S SOCIETAL AND POLITICAL STRUCTURES
PALESTINIAN ISRAELI CONFLICT AND A POSSIBLE SOLUTION 1/2011
SAUDI ARABIA'S WAHHABI SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE AND STATE AGENDA
SYRIA'S GOVERNANCE AND STATE AGENDA
ABU DHABI AND DUBAI ISSUES
NOTABLE CONTRIBUTORS
Isolating London From the Rest Europe is Dangerous 1/2012
Credit Rating Agencies and All That Jazz to Undermine the Eurozone 1/2012
America's AA+ Is the New AAA 8/2011
Credit 101 for Bankers 2/2010
Credit 101 for Bankers - Mark II 2/2010
A Critique of Eric Chaney’s Paper 4/2012
Arab Spring's Silver Lining 12/2011
The Mirage of Arab Democracy 8/2011
Arab Rulers Exploitation of Islam 2/2010
The 1916 Arab Revolt Against Istanbul 10/2009
The Looming Arab Food Crisiis 12/2008
The March of Shiism 10/2011
G. W. Bush's Iraq Report Card 9/2010
U.S. Un-Winnable ME Politics 1/2010
A Verdict on the Surge 11/2009
Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani 5/2008
Nuetralize the Ulama 11/2010
In Defense of Pre-Islamic Culture 9/2010
The Grand Zero Mosque 8/2010
A Turkish Martin Luther! 7/2010
Is Muslims' Women Treatment Islamic 2/2010
Democratizing Islamic Law Making 1/2010
Apologists and Propagandists 12/2008
Lebanon's June 7, 2009 Elections 6/2009
The Battle for Lebanon 3/2009
Democracy and Women's Rights: Saudi Style 10/2011
Wahhabism, 9/11, and Further Dangers 11/2008
Has Saudi Arabia Found the Answer? 9/2008
Agriculture: From Dust to Dust 6/2008
Before Attacking Iran, the Asad Regime Must be Removed 3/2012
Is Bashar Asad a Nice Person Surrounded by a Wicked Family Clique? 2/2012
A Question of Oil Accounting 9/2011
Why Syria’s Regime is Likely to Survive, Temporarily 8/2011
Syria should not Pursue Nuclear Electricity Generation 6/2011
Why Syria's Christians Should not Support the Asad Regime 5/2011
Syria's Islamic Textbooks 5/2011
Syria's Water Management=Voodoo Politics 12/2010
Syria's Challenge: A Modern Secular Family Law 11/2010
Syria's Economic Growth Requires Fundamental Reforms 11/2010
Abolish the Ministry of Irrigation 10/2010
Stop Wahhabi Indoctrination 7/2010
Syria's Mission: Religious Tolerance 4/2009
Abu Dhabi's Nuclear Plant Folly 6/2011
Dubai and its White Elephants 3/2010
CONTRIBUTORS - BANKING
J. K. Gailbraith Advice to G. W. Bush in 2001
J. Stiglitz Diagnosis of the 2008 Financial Meltdown
On Wall Street, Bonuses, Not Profits, Were Real
Mervyn King on the Banking Crisis
England's Central Banker Mervyn King on "Too Big to Fail"
Paul Volker Urges Dividing Investment, Commercial Banks
On Banking Reforms Listen to Paul Volker
Nigel Lawson: Capitalism Needs a Revived Glass-Steagall
John Reed Apologizes for Glass-Steagall Repeal, Building Citigroup
The Tale of Paul Paulson, AIG, and Goldman Sachs
Philip Bowering on 'Too Big to Succeed'
Vanity Fair Editor's Letter: Upstairs, Downstairs
Vanity Fair: The Big Steal
Clinton Says He got Bad Advice on Derivatives
NY times OP-ED: Fight On, Goldman Sachs!
Ex-Merrill CEO Regrets Glass-Steagall's Repeal
The Good Banker
Archbishop Rowan Williams Challenge To Financiers
CONTRIBUTORS - EVANGELICALS/ MIDEAST
US Foreigh Policy and Biblical Prophesy
Onward Christian Soldiers
How Israel Helped to Spawn Hamas
In Israel, Settling for Less
CONTRIBUTORS - MIDEAST WATER ISSUES
The Choice Between Crop and Water in the Mideast
Agro-Imperialism?!
Biofuel = Less Food
Earth Is Parched Where Syrian Farms Thrived
CONTRIBUTORS - Turkey strives for 21st century Islam
CONTRIBUTORS - Steve Jobs: Stanford Address
CONTRIBUTORS - Dictators Get the Deaths They Deserve
Welcome to Daringopinion.com
The Website of Elie Elhadj
To supplement my own articles, I have selected what I consider to be important contributions in:
Banking
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J. K. Gailbraith Advice to G. W. Bush in 2001
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J. Stiglitz Diagnosis of the 2008 Financial Meltdown
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On Wall Street, Bonuses, Not Profits, Were Real
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Mervyn King on the Banking Crisis
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England's Central Banker Mervyn King on "Too Big to Fail"
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Paul Volker Urges Dividing Investment, Commercial Banks
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On Banking Reforms Listen to Paul Volker
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Nigel Lawson: Capitalism Needs a Revived Glass-Steagall
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John Reed Apologizes for Glass-Steagall Repeal, Building Citigroup
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The Tale of Paul Paulson, AIG, and Goldman Sachs
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Philip Bowering on 'Too Big to Succeed'
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Vanity Fair Editor's Letter: Upstairs, Downstairs
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Bill Clinton on Bad Advice from Rubin and Summers
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NY Times OP-ED: Fight On, Goldman Sachs
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The Good Banker: NY Times OP-ED
US Mideast Politics and Political Evangelism:
- US Foreigh Policy and Biblical Prophesy
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Onward Christian Soldiers
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How Israel Helped to Spawn Hamas
Mideast Water and Food Issues:
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The Choice Between Crop and Water in the Mideast
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Agro-Imperialism?!
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Biofuel = Less Food
Islam
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Turkey Strives for 21st Century form of Islam
I hope the selection is useful.