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Food security: Lessons to be learnt from Covid-19
Let's put our food security on the table. The outbreak of the coronavirus which emerged from China’s Wuhan and has spread the world over...
Lebanon: The banking system needs reforms to stop the bleeding, not politics
Something has to change in the wonderful world of the Lebanese banking system. The manner in which Lebanon is addressing its financial crisis leaves...
Covid-19: Lebanon staring at historic opportunity
Could the COVID-19 outbreak be an opportunity for the Lebanese economy? The “Arab Spring” which was earlier seen as the most disruptive event which...
Lebanon: The next ‘oil-cursed’ country?
Late last month, a drillship anchored off Lebanon's coast started exploring for oil and gas raising hopes for a more prosperous economy, which currently...
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...
Libya: The economic potential of a failed state
The international community knows this: Libya is a model of a failed state. But a failed state with potential. Nine years since the start...
Foreign support needed: Why always the same solution?
We have already been there. Several times. Asking for foreign support. Lebanese authorities are pretty desperate for solutions outside to support the country's economy....
The Swiss job: the greatest heist in Lebanon's History?
Swiss banks have been like Heaven on Earth for some Lebanon's “creme de la creme” for a long, long time. Will it be over...
Rabih El Chaer on corruption: "We need a complete lifting of banking secrecy"
ByTheEast: Since the beginning of the Thawra on October 17th, corruption is the theme of many debates. How do you evaluate the words flowing...
Jordan wants to get the ball rolling
The sun seems to still shine over Amman. Last Sunday, Jordanian government said it expects its economy to grow by 2.2 percent in 2020...