[escenic_image id="5515420"]2009 was a crisis year for international trade, which suffered its steepest decline since the 1930s. Protectionism returned, reversing an almost three-decade trend of…

[escenic_image id="5514916"]Anniversaries are a time for reflection, and twentieth anniversaries all the more so.  In Europe, 2009 saw much reflection on the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989.  This…

[escenic_image id="5514421"]To understand global energy markets is to understand the global economy, and Fareed Mohamedi knows them as well as anyone. As the head of oil market analysis and country…

[escenic_image id="5514426"]EU Arab relations are again in the limelight, as is the case each time a Southern European country takes on the rotating the presidency of the European Union (EU). This…

[escenic_image id="5513846"]When Dubai World requested a standstill on $60 billion worth of outstanding debt, stock markets were jolted and an entire wave of nervous speculation unfurled overnight…

[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 is also affiliated with Georgetown University,…

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

[escenic_image id="5512632"]In the summer of 2008, the US dollar had experienced a serious depreciation against other global currencies.  It took two dollars to buy a British pound and $1.60 to buy a…

[escenic_image id="5511453"]The European Union’s (EU) share of gas in its consumption of primary energy has risen from 18% in 1990, to 24% in its latest count. Gas plays a crucial role in its…

[escenic_image id="5511169"]Though the liquidity crisis experienced by the global economy has become a hackneyed subject due to more than a year’s worth of intense punditry, investors are still eager…