Economics and Policy Arab countries must pursue economic and political reforms and improve their infrastructure in order to strengthen their economies, the head of the World Union of Arab Bankers has …
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The Arab world continues to underperform economically and remains a minor player in the area of international business, despite the oil boom and rise of sovereign wealth funds. That failure …
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“The revolution will not be televised,” Gil Scott Heron sang in his razor-sharp 1974 criticism of mainstream US media. His words have since traveled well beyond American borders and, if …
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As I am writing these words, stock markets around the world are witnessing one of the most dramatic free falls in their history. The subprime problem is now snowballing to …
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Private equity in the region is like a limbering man: almostall acquisitions of this $20 billion industry are beingfinanced directly from the coffers of the private equityfunds. It is the …
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Why is it that in Hollywood movies, the Middle East is always best understood by characters that are jaded? Watching George Clooney in Stephen Gaghan’s film Syriana, that obligation is …
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We have mentioned over the last six months, that the Gulf markets, and in particular the Saudi stock market had gotten ahead of itself. The metrics we used were always …
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As the United States has turned spreading Middle Eastern democracy into a top foreign policy priority, it has also seen the broad boulevard of simple ideas on the matter turn …
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Rafik Hariri’s catalogue of virtues was much trumpeted in the wake of his killing, but his most potent skill lay in his ability to initiate dialogue with key economic agents …
