Opinion

There’s a popular quip that speakers love to use at press conferences in Lebanon. An orator will typically begin by chastising the government for its lack of efficiency, then point …

Last month, Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam al-Qaddafi, said the case of the Libyan convicted by a Scottish court for the bombing of PanAm Flight 103 over Lockerbie …

During a recent meeting in Damascus with a senior Syrian official, an American diplomat relayed a request from Washington concerning a human rights issue in Syria. The Syrian official paused …

With his snow white Old Testament-style beard, floppy hat and intense, inquisitive gaze, Patrick McGovern cuts an unlikely figure for someone likened to Indiana Jones. But rather than snatching mysterious …

There is an apocryphal story that has circulated around Beirut in various versions and goes something like this: a Filipina woman is swimming in the pool of an elegant private …

When it comes to politics, Americans, much like everyone else, are terrible ingrates. People tend to forget how bad things were under the old regime and remember only the positive, …

Sanctions are one of those political issues that can make amiable dinner conversation turn unpleasant, as the battle lines are drawn down the table between those for and against.  Sanctions …

Based on recently released figures, Arab investors have been paying more attention to business in neighboring countries, while looking less at “traditional” Western markets. The size of inter-Arab direct investment …

One of the (many) economic paradoxes in Iraq today is the existence of considerable poverty in a country that was once, and could still become, among the most prosperous in …