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?
by Khaled al-Ashri
Dr. Karam Kurdi is one of the most prominent figures in the pharmaceutical industry and has established several of his own companies. He is well known for his unique ideas and…
[caption id="attachment_55253203" align="aligncenter" width="3681"] A truck driver walks past a shipping container being moved at the Yangshan Deep Water Port, part of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free…
[caption id="attachment_55253190" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] A Somali man chews khat in Uithoorn on January 12, 2012. The Dutch government on January 10 banned the use of khat, a leaf native…
[caption id="attachment_55253182" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] SANTA MONICA, CA - SEPTEMBER 6: The Amazon logo is projected onto a screen at a press conference on September 6, 2012 in Santa…
[caption id="attachment_55253155" align="aligncenter" width="4608"] ANAHEIM, CA - AUGUST 15: The Walt Disney Company Chairman and CEO Bob Iger took part today in "Worlds, Galaxies, and Universes:…
[caption id="attachment_55253010" align="aligncenter" width="1786"] Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond stands outside 11 Downing Street before delivering his budget to the House of…
[caption id="attachment_55252963" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] A doctor walks past a poster at Italian fertility doctor Severino Antinori's clinic in Rome, June 2005. (REUTERS)[/caption]
How…
[caption id="attachment_55252916" align="aligncenter" width="1634"] A woman from Seattle, smokes a joint at the first annual DOPE Cup, a cannabis competition in Portland, Oregon, on October 4, 2015…
What the Windfall Means for the Country—and the Region
[caption id="attachment_55252804" align="aligncenter" width="1634"] Guyana's President David Arthur Granger waves as he arrives at Punta Cana…
Miguel Otero-Iglesias*
The euro, which arrived on the streets of Europe on January 1, 2002, recently celebrated its 15th anniversary. The currency’s longevity is probably a surprise to the many…
Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players
The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.
Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.