[escenic_image id="5513444"]One year has passed since Israel waged war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. It is a period long enough to test and…

[escenic_image id="5513458"]Only a few weeks ago, the Head of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice in Mecca, Sheikh…

[escenic_image id="5513443"]Tarik Yousef is one of the leading young economic minds in the Middle East.  Dean of the Dubai School of Government, he…

[escenic_image id="5513441"]Despite all the doubts provoked about him and although it was said that he was sent by the Intelligence Service of the…

[escenic_image id="5513438"]The UAE’s banking sector is composed of 24 national banks with 657 subsidiaries, and 28 foreign banks with 82…

This past August, Beitullah Mehsud, considered the top leader of the Pakistani Taliban, was sheltered in a farmhouse in the village of Zanghara in…

[escenic_image id="5512631"] Robert Lacey Hutchinson 2009 Saudi Arabia is a historical anomaly. At least this is what Robert Lacey argues in his…

[escenic_image id="5512632"]In the summer of 2008, the US dollar had experienced a serious depreciation against other global currencies.  It took two…

[escenic_image id="5512635"]Doctor Rajendra Kumar Pachauri is not your everyday Nobel Peace Prize winner. Before his award, threats to peace were…

[escenic_image id="5512636"]Ambassador Chas Freeman is an American diplomat, author and writer. Most notably, he served as the United State’s…