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Restoring confidence: the impossible Lebanese jigsaw
Confidence is not something you can buy. Or summon. In Lebanon nowadays, confidence won't be restored without the right men in the right position...
Iraq’s missed economic opportunities fueling strife
Years of economic mismanagement, corruption and runaway spending has fueled an uprising in civilian protests in Iraq that has killed scores of people and...
Lebanon: Hariri out, now what?
Victory #1 for this new Lebanon, check. Yesterday at 3pm, Saad al-Hariri resigned as Lebanon’s prime minister on Tuesday, declaring he had hit a...
Marc Goutalier on Saudi Arabia: “Riyadh aims to diversify its portfolio”
ByTheEast: Saudi Arabia is currently in the spotlight. What can we expect from Russian president Vladimir Putin's visit to Riyadh today?
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Goutalier: In geopolitical terms...
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...
What future for Egypt’s new capital city?
Egypt's new capital is not a mirage in the desert anymore. But still. It's far from being completed. Forging new capitals from scratch ain't...
(Failed) State of emergency
"All these accidents that happen follow the dots", the songs says. Lebanese deep crisis is no exception. Except nothing here is accidental. This is...
Lebanon: Railway would boost economic growth
Lebanon's sick from its atmospheric pollution, sick from its overpopulated highways, sick from its lack of alternatives. Yet, the patient should get some effective...
Agriculture in Ukraine, pt.2: Things that need to be fixed in heaven
True. Ukraine has succeeded in its quest to emerge as a significant international player. Its strategy seems efficient, statistics wise. But the strategy has...
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...