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Dr. Frédéric Schneider: “The most exposed countries are Lebanon, Yemen, Sudan, Gaza and the West Bank”
ByTheEast: What are the short and medium-term threats to countries in North Africa and in the Middle East, regarding their fertilizer supply and food security?
Dr. Frédéric Schenider: In the coming two to three months, the most acute pressure is on fertiliser availability and prices for the spring and early summer planting seasons. Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, and Iraq all rely to varying degrees on Gulf-sourced urea and phosphate fertilisers,...
Hezbollah's threats of violence and overthrow will not be allowed to succeed. The era in which a terrorist group held an entire nation hostage is coming to an end."
Marco Rubio
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Everything you need to know about Agriculture 4.0
Is Agriculture 4.0 the answer to future food security? Let's take a look. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N. reported that by the year of 2050, global...
Health
Growing support for fintech industry in Lebanon
In a development that underscores a continued interest in the fintech industry among regional investors, Berytech, a Lebanese business development organization, made an equity investment of $5 million into financial software developer Capital Banking Solutions.
The investment, backed by a number of Lebanese banks, was made through its Berytech Fund II.
New York-headquartered Capital Banking Solutions...
ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY
Gaza gas field: The hidden agenda of Israel
Gaza could be rich. Rich of its offshore gas reserve as the Eastern Mediterranean has emerged as a pivotal region for natural gas discoveries...
LONG FORMAT
SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION
India-Jordan: $5 Billion for a Geopolitical Partnership
Jordan and India are forging a strong friendship. But what drives this strategic alliance between the two nations? In an era of shifting global...
Lebanon’s climb from ashes demands US$11 billion
Lebanon, a land steeped in history and resilience, finds itself at a pivotal moment. From October 8, 2023, to December 20, 2024, a brutal...
Lebanon: Beware of China’s appetite
Vultures are craving to strip the flesh from Lebanon's bones. The August 4, 2020 explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in Lebanon port,...
Paul Tourret on investing in Lebanon: “The Chinese are not adventurers”
ByTheEast: What have been the major transformations in maritime transport over the past 20 years?
Paul Tourret: With regard to the maritime industry, its timeframe...
Lebanon Inc., With a little help from my friends
“Our house is burning and we are looking elsewhere,” the French President Jacques Chirac said, back in 2002 at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in...
Rubens Hannun on Brazilian trade: “Closeness with Arab countries is strategic”
ByTheEast: The Câmara de Comércio Árabe-Brasileira (CCAB, Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce) was founded 67 years ago. Times were different then. What was its mission...
ARAB WORLD AND AROUND
Inclement weather prevented power barge from docking into Jiyeh?
Following the inability of the power barge to dock in Lebanon’s southern coastal town of Jiyyeh on Monday, which...
