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There’s a great advantage in complementary trade and I’d say it’s something we should think about. We need to have a viable economy, and a viable economy today is not just trade with the United States and it’s not in manufactured goods. It’s in the knowledge sector.

May 1, 2013, Bessma Momani , Ottawa Citizen

Opinion | OpenCanada.org

Our Job Deficiency: A Challenge to the IMF-World Bank

April 29, 2013

In the News

I don't expect a response [to Syria] soon because all the fiscal constraints on the Obama administration. Not to mention sequestering — the motion currently in the United States Congress — means it would be really hard-pressed to find the funding to do this. We're talking about budgets right now being cut for traffic controllers...that's priority over liberating the Syrian people.

April 29, 2013, Bessma Momani , Yahoo! News

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There’s an actual attempt by the U.S. government to encourage American businesses to invest in Egypt. They’re really taking companies there on a ‘Team USA’ kind of approach.

April 12, 2013, Bessma Momani , Bloomberg

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You can't just tax people in terms of their [spending] because you are not going to be able to get that $600 billion. So, the only way to go, the only wealth, was depositors and big despositors that we saw in these three large banks. They're going to have to pay the brunt of this crisis.

April 2, 2013, Bessma Momani , CTV News

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Ultimately, if we are going to have legitimacy of [the IMF and World Bank], if we are going to have future funding, contribution and buy-in by the wealthiest countries, which will continue to be emerging market economies, we need to see this kind of reform [of giving more voting power to emerging nations] take place.

March 29, 2013, Bessma Momani , Voice of America

Opinion | CIGI

Is Russian Peter Being Used to Pay the Cypriot's Paul?

March 21, 2013

Opinion | OpenCanada.org

The Human Cost of the Iraq War Outweighs All Others

March 20, 2013

Article | Palgrave Journals

(Re)branding Amman: A "Lived" City's Values, Image and Identity

February 27, 2013

Opinion | OpenCanada.org

Why Egypt Needs Space from Morsi

February 25, 2013