The 22-member Arab League this week handed down a verdict via its business court. Although the judicial body was established in the 1980s, it had remained out of commission until 2003, when the League renewed the court's operations. The inaugural dispute centered on the Tunisian government and...
The Arab League's Investment Dispute Settlement Court looked into its first case in 20 years last week. Although the court was originally established in the mid-1980s, it only became operational in 2003, when the League...
Digital technology is revolutionizing higher education with increased globalization, student enrollment and privatization. Digital technology may be more revolutionary than the printing press in that it “not only disrupts the dissemination of knowledge, but also its production,” report the editors...
Paris Tech Review: In the same way it revolutionized creative industries, digital technology is revolutionizing higher education, an industry that can be traced back almost a millennium, with the creation of the University of Bologna in 1088....
Business people on the go, in need of instant contact and information, appreciate mobile devices and can’t imagine doing without smartphones like the BlackBerry. A major feature of the BlackBerry includes high-level security around communications, with encrypted messages and delivery through...
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“American companies have outsourced just about everything else but never thought of outsourcing health care,” says Curtis Schroeder, chief executive of Bumrungrad hospital in Thailand. “Now they are.” Bumrungrad in particular, but also some of its rival hospitals are enjoying a new international...
BANGKOK The crisis in American health care is turning into very good news for Bumrungrad Hospital.
Bumrungrad treated more than 350,000 international patients last year, up from 161,000 in 2000. This year it...
The Euro-Mediterranean region has historically been a culturally diverse area with European, African, and Middle Eastern influences. The Byzantine, Roman, and Prussian empires have all taken foot-hold in this region, creating a cycle of "conquest, counter-conquest, competition, and colonialism...
Last week the world watched a string of battlegrounds, both real and figurative. In the United States a dead-heat battle raged between two presidential candidates, with the incumbent president eventually winning a...
President Bush is likely to avert a trade war by lifting the tariffs he imposed on imported steel in March of 2002. Bush originally established the duties to prevent the loss of steelworkers' jobs. However, keeping the tariffs would likely damage the economy far more by sparking a trade war...
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The fury of the Arab Spring, with widespread demands for freedom quickly followed by a re-emergence of authoritarian ways, has renewed debate about Islam and democracy in the Middle East, notes sociologist Riaz Hassan. Circa 1000 AD, the Middle East represented 10 percent of global GDP, as compared...
Cry of freedom in the Islamic world: Oppressed Syrians demonstrate for freedom (top); Indonesian supporters of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dance at an election rally (below)
SINGAPORE: The age-old debate about Islam’s role in the political...
With a combination of low-cost intervention in Syria, counterterrorism resources and support for Iran, Russia is making strides in bringing the Middle East into multipolar balance. “Moscow is eyeing a new order,” explains Yale scholar Chris Miller. “The main fracture dividing the Middle East will...
Russia returns? President Vladimir Putin inserts himself into Middle East diplomacy by receiving Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman; Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov sails through the English Channel on its way to Syria
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