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Article: Promise and pitfalls in the Middle East
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RAVI NAMBIAR
New Straits Times
06-29-2005
Promise and pitfalls in the Middle East
Byline: RAVI NAMBIAR
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Last week's Asia-Middle East Dialogue in Singapore focused on both the
past and the future of relations with one of the most economically
dynamic areas in the continent. RAVI NAMBIAR considers the potential.
THE Arabs are coming and Asia is getting ready. When contacts were
first established 2,000 years ago with the opening of the Silk Road,
trade and cultural exchanges flourished.
Even in modern times, the two regions have given sympathy and support
to one another in their struggles for national independence and against
imperialism.
But the strong bond ...