Oman: Going head-to-head
By Oxford Business Group Rivalry in Oman’s busy telecommunications sector is heating up…
The dilemma of democracy in new Iraq
By Faiza Alaraji BAGHDAD: When America invaded Iraq in 2003, the Bush administration…
The peace process should quit smoking
By Karam Dana BOSTON: Nothing makes a person more uncomfortable than visiting their…
Angela Merkel’s fear of Europe
By Joschka Fischer BERLIN: Ever since the global financial crisis erupted in September…
A scramble for Asia?
By Brahma Chellaney NEW DELHI: Asia’s festering Cold War-era territorial and maritime disputes…
Lebanon: Balancing act on debt
By Oxford Business Group Lebanon’s government has been urged by a multilateral lender…
Can religious leaders play a constructive role?
By Hanna Siniora JERUSALEM - In a message that concluded two weeks of…
The neglected epidemic of domestic violence in the Arab countries
By César Chelala NEW YORK: Although domestic violence is under-recognized and under-reported, it…
View from the region’s western frontier
By John Defterios If vibrant colors, sights and sounds were rated as indicators…