The Iran war is reshaping the China-Gulf economic model

Closing the Strait of Hormuz has shown how the Gulf should shift from an oil-export model to a digital and distribution hub. Will this trigger the long-delayed free trade agreement with China?

Charbel Barakat

Why Globalization Stalled

[caption id="attachment_55255345" align="aligncenter" width="4256"] US President Donald Trump (L) and China's President Xi Jinping leave a business leaders event at the Great Hall of the People in…

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How the Euro Lost Its Luster

[caption id="attachment_55255286" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] The Euro sculpture, built in 2001, undergoes restoration, as it gets LED lights and new panels in blue and yellow on July 10, 2015…

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How the Eurozone Might Split

[caption id="attachment_55255288" align="aligncenter" width="5200"] European Union flag with fracturing Euro coin[/caption] by Mark Blyth and Simon Tilford In February 2016, the Organization for…

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Trump and the Bond Market

[caption id="attachment_55255109" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (Getty)[/caption] by…

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Even Smarter Sanctions

[caption id="attachment_55254957" align="aligncenter" width="4340"] U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley is seen voting in favor of new sanctions during the Security Council meeting. (Getty)[…

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China's Booming Sharing Economy

[caption id="attachment_55254899" align="aligncenter" width="5000"] A parking lot for Car2Share, which is a station-based car sharing system offered by Mercedes. (Getty)[/caption] by James Yan …

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The East is Green?

[caption id="attachment_55254888" align="aligncenter" width="5612"] Chinese tourists wear masks as protection from the pollution outside the Forbidden City during a day of high pollution on December…

Yasmine Ahmed