The Libyan rebel forces’ rout of government troops from Tripoli last month heralded a pivotal moment in history, with the toppling of Muammar al-Qadhafi’s regime marking the third North African …
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If Riad Salameh were no longer driving the bus that is Lebanon’s economy, many of us would feel differently about being on it. Faith in the lira, confidence in the …
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The indictment is here. Just 18 days after a government formed seemingly overnight, the day has come with timing that can only be described as… convenient. Not only has this …
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Search Amazon for books on lobbying and advocacy and you will find more than 9,000 on the subject. It does not take 60 years to understand the American system of …
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On May 2nd, television cameras broadcast around the worldimages of jubilant crowds at ‘Ground Zero’ in New York, in front of the WhiteHouse and across the United States celebrating the …
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Whether or not the accusations against Lebanese Canadian Bank are true, whether or not there is substance to the rumors that there is a list of banks yet to be …
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On March 29, I woke to the news that the heads of almost every Arab state and Iran were speaking out in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whose country …
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Since the first revolts erupted in the region, economists in Executive’s research department have been busy number crunching, running regressions and trying to find correlations between raw economic data and …
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In the first month of 2011 a storm of popular rage swept across the Arab world. Protests from Morocco to Yemen have brought millions out into the streets to demonstrate …
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To sign the Taef accord in 1989, which helped bring to an end the civil war, every Lebanese member of Parliament and warlord was paid between $2 million and $8 …