Just a few weeks away from parliamentary elections on June 7 that will pit the current parliamentary majority led by Saad Hariri against the Hezbollah-led opposition, even minor events could tip the balance in favor of one side or the other.

Selim el-Zyr, the president and chief executive officer of Rotana Hotels, tells Ehtesham Shahid about the hospitality sector and how it can duck the downturn.

Eric von Hippel, an innovation expert at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, tells Ian Munroe why intellectual property laws are out of sync with the digital age.

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman tells Ian Munroe about the origins of the financial crisis, and how its fallout will change the global economy.

Kurds languished for years in prison under Saddam Hussein’s regime. Today, they seek compensation for their wasted lives and irreversible injuries.

Jacques Chirac, the former president of France, tells Christian Malar
about his experiences dealing with the Middle East, the consequences
of September 11 and his views on the Gulf war.

Yemen is under threat from a wave of crises, forcing affluent Gulf states to consider how best to help a neighbor in need.

The global financial downturn has fundamentally changed the world of private equity in the region, hopefully for the better.