Lebanon’s relationship with debt closely resembles an addiction to alcohol. For starters, it’s quite evident that the country wasn’t thinking straight when it took out loans with interest rates of …
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Speculation on another war between Hezbollah and Israel has been bubbling away since the end of the last encounter in 2006, but it has intensified of late with many predicting …
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At the end of the summer holidays, children and young people across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) once again donned uniforms, packed satchels and headed to school, as …
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“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed” — thus is the noble aim of …
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Rich in culture, history and resources, the Kurdistan region of Iraq, long brutalized by the Baath government, enjoyed peace, stability and economic development in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion …
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The summer months are usually quiet in the Arabian Gulf, the searing heat prompting expats and locals to pack their bags and head for greener, cooler pastures. But to those …
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The annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank offer a relatively informal atmosphere for finance ministers, central bank governors and private sector executives to discuss the previous …
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Two mysterious explosions in suspected Hezbollah arms caches in the space of three months, and the discovery of Israeli electronic wire-tapping devices, provide rare glimpses into the covert intelligence war …
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Labor Day in the United States marks an important juncture in the political calendar. It is the time of the year when US lawmakers roll up their sleeves and get …
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A year after the global financial crisis erupted, is it business as usual for banks in the Middle East? Their counterparts in the West have been battered and otherwise have …