The Arab Gulf’s gas moment

The Arab Gulf is stepping into a pivotal role in global energy markets—not just as a swing oil supplier, but as a gas powerhouse

Neil Quilliam

Net Investments

[caption id="attachment_55228925" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Social media websites, such as Twitter, are becoming increasingly integrated into daily life"][/caption] There has recently…

Desné Masie

The Saudi Economy in 2012

[caption id="attachment_55228910" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="A Saudi man counts out money. The Saudi oil sector is predicted to slow its growth this year."][/caption] Summary A new…

Thomas Alberts

Oil Sector Reform in Libya

[caption id="attachment_55227813" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="A worker's helmet lies on the ground at the Zawiya oil refinery, some 40 km west of Tripoli"][/caption] The overthrow…

Thomas Alberts

Syria’s Economic Woes

[caption id="attachment_55227435" align="aligncenter" width="619" caption="A rare tourist takes pictures of a wall decorated with posters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the old city of…

Thomas Alberts

Fear of Contagion

[caption id="attachment_55227180" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The eurozone crisis will have an effect upon the MENA region"][/caption] Europe stands at the precipice. With a near…

Dominic Mealy

Lessons in Reform

[caption id="attachment_55226907" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Can the economy be turned around in Egypt?"][/caption] Egypt’s economy is in a serious post-revolutionary slump; economic…

Killian Clarke

It’s the Economy Stupid

[caption id="attachment_55226677" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="A tunisian protester confronts riot police with a baguette"][/caption] One of the most memorable images of the…

Paula Mejia

Back to Basics

[caption id="attachment_55226581" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="An Egyptian seamstress works at a foreign owned textile factory in the free zone of Port Said"][/caption] Earlier this…

Rick Rowden

PENTAGON INC.

[escenic_image id="55220796"]You are an accountant tasked with evaluating the world’s largest conglomerate. Its finances are so poorly managed that they have been rendered all but unintelligible each…

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