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While some of the terminology is the same, in 2018 Lebanon will have an electoral system unlike anything it has ever seen. The new electoral law, approved by Parliament in …

Since appointing the National Commission on Parliamentary Electoral Law (the Fouad Boutros Commission) in 2005, Lebanese politicians have been “working” on an electoral law that employs proportional representation (PR), a …

Now that the government has approved the 2017 budget, the question remains as to what new taxes or tax increases might be imposed. As Executive goes to print, the indication …

With little official communication about the government’s proposed tax reforms and no public discussions with civil society or concerned professionals, confusion and misinformation about the proposed tax law have run …

Lebanon is closer to ratifying a national budget than it has been in recent memory. For the past 12 years, the country has not passed a budget into law. In …

1 Natural resource management Our reservoirs have nearly been pumped dry by lack of foresight while pollutants threaten to contaminate our drinking water. In order to properly manage our water …

All over the world, the iconic American motorcycle, Harley Davidson, is a passionate affair. Having, over the past two decades, changed its image from the machine for lawless bikers and …

The Middle East looks like a paradox: On the one hand the high oil prices boost the regional economies, financiers are running out of investment projects, Gulf stock markets are …