Economics & Policy

Lebanon's oil and gas sector has the potential to transform the country's economy. Experts estimate the gas in Lebanon's waters may be worth more than $75 billion, nearly double the country's …

While the high-rises, gargantuan malls, five-, six- and seven-star hotels, and abundant glitz and glamour are all telling of Dubai’s place as the center of global aviation, much less known …

The telecommunications sector in the Middle East continues to experience change and the challenges of growth on levels not seen in most other industries. During 2012, consumers, businesses and governments …

At least five people, including a seven-month old baby, were killed in Lebanon last week — the tragic legacy of the monster storm that struck the country. It was the …

Moving into cyberspace has done wonders for increasing the speed and ease of many work and communication processes. Yet it has done nothing for changing basic patterns of human behavior …

Handset fortunes of global phone maker Nokia have been tested severely in the smartphone era, and the third quarter in 2012 meant another drop; a report by information technology research …

The venerable American University of Beirut (AUB) is preparing for a new spring of engendering broad leadership of civil societies in the countries of the Middle East. A recently announced …

Until the eruption of the so-called ‘Arab Spring’, constructive Arab thinking in the mind of many observers appeared stifled and chained to the point of ineffectuality. This state of forced …

  The government’s proposed wage scale hike has hit a dead-end as the debate rages over how the salary increases will be funded, whether by raising taxes or other channels. …