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Icarus: is Lebanon’s Golden Resilience Weakening?
A millennia ago, the Middle East and its great cities such as Baghdad and Damascus were at the forefront of innovations that came to define the modern world. With their foundations rooted in learning,...
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Iran’s New Age
24 November 2014 marks the day on which the 12-year impasse regarding trade sanctions imposed to restrain Iran’s nuclear programme is to end. In 2002, the country’s opposition group revealed secret...
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Buy on the Rumour, Sell on the Fact
No one expected the Swiss National Bank’s (SNB) sudden announcement that it would no longer hold the Swiss franc at a fixed exchange rate with the euro. Panic ensued in the world of central banking. On...
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On History and Liberty: an Interview with Judge Lennart Aspegren
I initially began writing this piece in the usual way: a slightly dramatic first sentence to captivate the reader, before analysing every conceivable detail of the story. This time it will be...
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Let the Long Wait End
2014 marked a crucial year for the Iraqi Kurdistan region. On 9 December, Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), reiterated his commitment to Kurdish independence after...
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Pragmatism vs. Ideology: An existentialist interpretation of the Americas Summit
One of the perhaps most ironic drinks in the world is the Cuba Libre: rum, lime juice and cola, one of the United States’ most iconic inventions, are mixed together to produce the perfect example of...
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7 – 1: A tale of Brazil’s climbing inflation and anaemic growth
Similar to the stochastic improbability of saving a penalty, a 7-1 victory for Germany in the 2014 FIFA World Cup was equally surprising; as exhilarating or disappointing as it may have been, it was...
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The Non-Islamic Non-State
A millennium ago, the Middle East and its great cities such as Baghdad and Damascus led in the creation of many innovations that came to define the modern world. With their foundations rooted in...
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The Tampon Tax, or ‘a Grimm Tale on Equality’
Throughout the economically developed world, the ‘Millennial’ generation is the luckiest to date. Women’s rights and the feminist voice has been pushed to the forefront of much political and social...
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