FEBRUARY 2012
EDITORIAL
COMMENT
After the brinkmanship
There is a dangerous drift with US-Iranian diplomacy all but dead
Gareth Smyth
A man of change?
King Abdullah’s rhetoric of reform has little impact on the status quo
Peter Speetjens
Revolution of the Institutions
Yemen’s uprising migrates from the streets into the workplace
Farea Al-Muslimi
ECONOMICS & POLICY
The dreary dawn of 2012
The end of 2011 does not mean an end to its plethora of economic woes
Fabio Scacciavillani
BANKING & FINANCE
Culling the small fish
Currency exchange owners caught in an international relations dragnet
Joe Dyke
REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT
SPECIAL REPORT
Hoping to get hooked
Aspiring Lebanese professionals still look to the Gulf for employment
Youssef Zbib
FEATURE
CONSUMER SOCIETY
COMPANIES & STRATEGIES
Healthy returns in an ailing society
Joint venture caters to the rapidly rising scourge of lifestyle diseases
Rayya Salem
BUSINESS ESSENTIALS
LAST WORD
Inching toward equality
Nationality law set to change for children born to an Emirati mother and a foreign father
Nadya Khalife