Piracy off the coast of Somalia has become another ‘global crisis’. It took the hijacking of a US ship last month and the media hyped antics of the US Navy …
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Dubai has been getting a lot of negative coverage in the media lately. One story stands out in particular, i.e. the frequently spouted ‘3,000 cars abandoned at Dubai airport,’ which …
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In late January I was asked to look into the closure of the Daily Star, Lebanon’s only English language daily. But discussions to financially prop up the paper were going …
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Opened in the midst of the slaughter in Gaza and the twilight of Bush’s presidency, the new American embassy in Baghdad garnered less coverage than when its astronomical budget was …
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The double whammy of the subprime market crisis followed by the deepening financial crisis has seen a remarkable change in fortunes among the vanguard of economic power. Recall British Prime …
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The Middle East as a region has a ‘brand image’ problem. War, terrorism and — in the words of a soon-to-be- departing US president — evil, are terms that still …
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Over the last 1,000 days India has been trying to get its nuclear status green-lighted by the United States despite not being a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) or …
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Over the summer the spectre of cyber warfare gained international significance, spurred on by reports of cyber attacks that crippled Georgia’s infrastructure in the wake of Russia’s ‘intervention’ in South …
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Unlike the heady summer of 2006, this year’s season is hardly a memorable one. It was back to business as usual, and as the summer winds down and tourists pack …
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Arecent trip to London and Rome brought home how precarious the future of newspapers is in Europe, particularly in the capitals where commuters are inundated with free tabloids. Glancing around …