Former prime minister and current defense minister of Israel, Ehud Barak talks to TRENDS about the peace process. . . and Iran. By Christian Malar in Paris.

The real Arab Spring will arrive but we have to go through at least one bout of winter, economist and author Dr Marwan Iskandar tells Atique Naqvi.

The recent emergence of social media have given the young generation a voice inthe Arab world. A voice that is hard to ignore. TRENDS investigates.

Bentley has taken a gamble with the new Mulsanne. Early indications are that the fabled British marque’s bet may pay off.

Turkish Airlines’ new expansion strategy is taking off thanks to Istanbul being an attractive hub amid the spokes.

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

Instead of opening Lebanon’s struggling agriculture sector to lucrative export markets, free trade agreements have sent the country’s farmers into a tailspin. Imports have flooded the market, meaning farmers are now unable to sell to their domestic market.
The consequences of the EULebanon Association Agreement, signed in March 2003, have [...]

The Lebanese economy is in trouble.In two years a succession of disruptions – strikes, various forms of political protest including sit-ins and, most seriously, war with neighboring Israel – have slowed the economy to a crawl. The economy is additionally burdened by a $40.5 billion public debt that is almost 180 [...]

Dubai stuns world with historic deal,” ran the headlines on the morning of September 20 as the news broke of an end to the 40-day takeover battle between Borse Dubai and NASDAQ for Nordic exchange operator OMX, which operates seven stock markets clustered around the Baltic Sea.
What had been a [...]