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In many ways, the UAE is a retailer’s wet dream. The population is growing quicker than almost any other in the world at around 4.5% per annum; consumers have higher …

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has expanded since the end of the Cold War, both in membership and geographic scope. The alliance and its individual countries have headed south …

  “Once, I remember, we came upon a French ‘man-of-war,’ senselessly firing cannon shots into the African jungle,” narrates Marlow in Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness,” his novel about madness …

Politicians and media were quick to dismiss the recent elections in Iran as being undemocratic, and rightfully so, seeing the fact that the mullah-led regime carefully handpicked the candidates it …

Strolling through Syria’s fashionable shopping districts, it is increasingly difficult to notice that the country is subject to a heavy raft of US sanctions. American icons like KFC, iPod, Ford …

For foreigners and the Egyptian aristocracy, the 1952 July Revolution marked the beginning of the end of their rule. Gone were the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the influence of the …

Like a cheap war pamphlet prodding a very susceptible bully president, the weekly The Economist, had on its January 31 cover the question-headline “Has Iran won? ”The Economist has lost …

The recent earth tremors felt in Lebanon served as a timely reminder of the volatility of the land mass on which Lebanon rests. The good news is that, unnerving though …

As Chernobyl’s 1986 radioactive cloud has gradually vanished from the public eye, nuclear energy is firmly back on the political agenda. Industry advocates and politicians, the world over, present the …

Syria’s current economic performance is strong, as the country benefits from growth in exports and inflows of private investment, which helped the economy to grow at a rate of 6.2% …