Middle East

  • Jan 18, 2007
  • 6 min read

MIDDLE EAST: Population growth poses huge challenge

Rapid population growth in the region carries serious implications for employment, access to...

Middle East
  • Dec 19, 2006
  • 7 min read

PROSPECTS 2007: Challenges lie ahead for India

Strong economic growth will continue, though market conditions are likely to tighten. On the...

India
  • Dec 7, 2006
  • 7 min read

EGYPT: Orascom Group expands rapidly

Patriarch Onsi Sawiris and his three sons Naguib, Nassef and Samih have built one of the Middle...

Egypt
  • Nov 27, 2006
  • 7 min read

MIDDLE EAST: Resource nationalism to push up oil price

Algerian Energy Minister Chakib Khelil on November 22 told international oil company (IOC)...

Middle East
  • Sep 13, 2006
  • 7 min read

CHINA/MIDDLE EAST: Beijing engages, ups its influence

China is working to raise its influence in the region, with some success. However, Beijing's...

Middle East
  • Aug 9, 2006
  • 12 min read

MIDDLE EAST: New quasi-parties are real opposition

The waning appeal of traditional secular opposition parties in the Middle East casts doubt on the...

Middle East
  • Jul 26, 2006
  • 2 min read

MIDDLE EAST: Rome conference unlikely to yield result

Foreign ministers from a number of EU and Arab states, as well as the United States and Russia,...

Middle East
  • Jul 12, 2006
  • 7 min read

MIDDLE EAST: Aviation policy faces headwinds

Europe's new external aviation policy is forcing its aviation partners to think about future...

Middle East