The death of Yasser Arafat, historical leader of the Palestinians, marks the beginning of a new era in Middle East power politics...
BBC: NEWS | Middle East | World press reflects on Arafat legacy
History may recall a shift in the Middle East power balance in the 19 days after Hezbollah's provocative cross-border attack on an Israeli army patrol.
You might imagine that it would be easier to call for a return to military strength and national greatness in the United States -- a superpower -- than in the United Kingdom -- a middle ranking power.
Life in the middle of Manhattan without power and Internet and easy access to things like groceries is strange.
Gillett and Hicks are in the middle of a bitter power struggle.
Unfortunately for this seemingly muscular rhetoric, the simple fact of Iran possessing nuclear weapons would alone dramatically and irreparably alter the Middle East balance of power.
Christy notes that Mexico's population is young and that the purchasing power of the middle class continues to grow.
Nevertheless, that Iran has its own interest, a proud, ancient culture trying to reestablish itself as the regional power in the Middle East.
In the aftermath of Israel's victory, the US realized that Israel was a natural ally in checking Soviet power in the Middle East.
The burgeoning middle class with high buying power is always missed.
Rapid growth in credit, which was non-existent until fairly recently because of sky-high interest rates, has helped to boost the purchasing power of the middle class.
According to Nakia Jean Lozoya, a marketing assistant at Tustin-based Peak Power Solutions, middle-class homeowners are leading the charge towards 100 percent renewable energy in Orange County.
Turkey's aims to become a leading power in the Middle East - and eventually in Europe mean it must end its 30-year armed conflict with Kurdish rebels, our correspondent adds.
After the defeat, the administration embraced former secretary of state James Baker's foreign policy paradigm, which is based on the belief that it is possible and desirable to reach a stable balance of power in the Middle East.
Akerele says that although the reality in Nigeria is that most people live in poverty, the rise of sectors such as telecommunications and the diversification of the Nigerian economy beyond oil and gas has created an emerging middle class with bigger spending power.
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The likes of Baker, Scowcroft, Brzezinski and Hamilton and their students comprise a permanent Middle East policy ruling class that endures regardless of who is in power and what their actual views about Middle Eastern realities happen to be.
Economic growth in emerging economies has produced a critical mass of middle-class consumers with buying power.
Some retailers' profitability could suffer as they wait for the spending power of the emerging middle class to increase.
Studies predict that the Chinese middle class will wield enormous spending power as it reaches 600 million-800 million people in fifteen years.
Studies predict that the Chinese middle class will wield enormous spending power as it reaches 600 million to 800 million people in 15 years.
Large scale manufacturing, union power, a strong middle class and the music that became the soundtrack for American life all can claim roots in Motown.
Occurring in the developed world and in many emerging nations as well, it seems inspired by gains at the top as well as by struggles in the middle and below to retain spending power in a global economy drifting toward stagflation.
Solar Frontier, a start-up company based in Tokyo, Japan selling leading-edge solar CIS technology, is opening an office in Khobar, Saudi Arabia to strengthen its position in the emerging solar-power market in the Middle East, which it has described as a strategic priority for long-term growth.
He rigged local utility prices to bring profits to middle-men, while coalminers and power stations went unpaid.
Despite assertions by progressives who complain about stagnant wages, inequality and the (always) disappearing middle class, middle-class Americans have more buying power than ever before.
WSJ: Donald Boudreaux and Mark Perry: The Myth of a Stagnant Middle Class
For the second part of the installation, Critchley shows video segments from his 1988 trip to abandoned, un-built nuclear power sites and facilities in middle America.
Herbalife has found itself in the middle of a fight for ego, power, and money between some of the biggest names in the hedge fund world.
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The potential buying power of China's middle class is vast.
WSJ: How Best Buy Tackled China's Middle Class Through Trial and Error; Jiangsu Five Star
It's the groups first official discussions with a major power, which is also a Middle East peace mediator.
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