JANUARY 2010

Coming of age

No-hope-in-hagen
Talk turned out to be as cheap as ever in Copenhagen

Same battle, new tactics
Hezbollah's "Open Letter" does not shift its foundations

Iraq’s amorphous politics
Sectarian fault lines shifting under a nation trying to rebuild

Mum’s the Saudi word for war
30 years on, Saudi Arabia does not learn its lesson from war

Turkey’s chocolate box
Turkey has troubles from Kurds to Spaniards

Hear no evil
Ahmadinejad ends a tumultuous year as isolationist as ever

Lights out
How cheap imports, pricey gas and politics toppled the tile king

Clash of the Turkish titans
Bad blood runs like ink between media mogul and premier

SuperFreakonomics
A book by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner

Stand and deliver: The state should answer to the people
The public has a right to hold its government to a standard of accountability

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A sting in the tail
Quick-fix Eurobond sales could come back with a bite

That sinking feeling
A breakdown of creditors' exposure to the woes of Dubai World

Automotive opulence
Downturn be damned — the supercar market steps on the gas

Predictions to make you sweat
Can Lebanon withstand the effects of a warming planet?

One struggling step for mankind
Climate change summit gives tentative nudge for world action

Wael Hmaidan
A look inside the Copenhagen negotiations

ICT for a low-carbon world: Activism, innovation, cooperation
Two industries are already making strides in cutting carbon emissions

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Danger underfoot
Construction in Lebanon pays little heed to the threat of regional earthquakes

On sliding sands
Nakheel struggles to rebuild confidence after its financial plummet

A new nautical nucleus
Marina project set to re-start the heart of Beirut

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A spotlight on markets
Progress but no promises as the heads of Arab exchanges pool thoughts

After the hubris
Leading Arab financial figures discuss the UAE

Against catastrophe
A population is waking up to the necessity of insurance

Recovery’s lazy V
Merrill Lynch Year Ahead 2010 report

New year, new IPOs
IPOs on the cusp of revival after a meager 2009

Regional equity markets
An overview of December’s stock market trends throughout the Arab world

Company bulletin

Realism, roll out
The American dream’s rude awakening in Afghanistan