Articles

Global leadership lacking in 2014

Global leadership lacking in 2014

29 December 2014

Are terrorists gaining international respectability? That question isn’t as ridiculous as it may sound. The other day, while watching a popular news channel, I was...

Read more
Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Urges Investors to Use a Level Head

Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Urges Investors to Use a Level Head

18 December 2014

UAE businessman and philanthropist Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor urges investors in the United Arab Emirates to tread with caution but not to over react to current...

Read more
Lower oil prices, a blessing, not a curse

Lower oil prices, a blessing, not a curse

14 December 2014

Global stock markets are experiencing a bumpy ride. Investor confidence is shaken. Analysts largely blame falling oil prices - which have hit five-year lows at US$ 62...

Read more
Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor says “Don’t Panic” over Global Market Fluctuations

Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor says “Don’t Panic” over Global Market Fluctuations

10 December 2014

Falling oil prices should be viewed as a positive; investors are over-reacting says Al Habtoor Group Chairman. Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor says investors shouldn’t be...

Read more
The UK, an extremist’s Utopia

The UK, an extremist’s Utopia

07 December 2014

As shocking as this may sound, the evidence is piling-up that Britain is under the sway of Islamist organisations to the detriment of its friends in the Middle East....

Read more
The UAE, a shining example for the region and the world

The UAE, a shining example for the region and the world

29 November 2014

This 43rd UAE National day, marking the day in 1971 when our flag was hoisted high for the very first time, is one of the most joyous occasions on the Emirati calendar,...

Read more
The West’s flirtation with terrorists is a poor joke

The West’s flirtation with terrorists is a poor joke

22 November 2014

The US and its European allegedly out to destroy Daesh and topple the Assad regime are losing credibility. It appears their sophisticated surveillance apparatus is...

Read more
The West isn’t duty-bound to solve Arab problems

The West isn’t duty-bound to solve Arab problems

08 November 2014

While it’s true that Western powers can’t claim to have clean hands in the Middle East, Arabs don’t either. Most of the Arab leaderships have consistently shrugged off...

Read more
Dubai’s infrastructure, simply the best

Dubai’s infrastructure, simply the best

26 October 2014

They say familiarity breeds contempt. I would challenge that as being set-in-stone. We, who are lucky enough to call Dubai home, whether we are UAE nationals or foreign...

Read more
A big-hearted US President dedicated to peace

A big-hearted US President dedicated to peace

19 October 2014

Earlier this month, I had the privilege of spending quality time exchanging ideas with President Carter and his wife Rosalynn at the Carter Center in Atlanta as well as...

Read more
Erdoğan’s vile behaviour must not be tolerated

Erdoğan’s vile behaviour must not be tolerated

28 September 2014

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s visit to New York to speak before the United Nations General Assembly was not only a public relations coup, he and his team did some...

Read more
Iran’s agenda consolidates while the Arabs are distracted

Iran’s agenda consolidates while the Arabs are distracted

25 September 2014

To say our region is in imminent peril is an understatement. Threats are emerging from all directions in many different guises. Most derive from warped ideologies that...

Read more
World leaders should hang their heads in shame

World leaders should hang their heads in shame

07 September 2014

Oh, what an impressive show NATO is putting on in the Welsh city of Newport! Tom Jones’ Green, Green Grass of Home is now peppered with tanks and missiles while Cardiff...

Read more
Putin’s leadership qualities outshine Obama’s

Putin’s leadership qualities outshine Obama’s

01 September 2014

It’s no accident of fate that President Vladimir Putin’s approval rating hovers around 87 percent as opposed to President Obama’s which is at an all-time low of 34...

Read more
Frankenstein’s monster turns on its masters

Frankenstein’s monster turns on its masters

28 August 2014

Anyone with even half a brain cannot fail to wonder why no firm action has been taken to prevent this tide, which will sooner or later return to hit western shores with...

Read more

Other Articles

Israel-Iranian behind the door dealings
People’s anger with bankers is justified
Proud to be an Emirati in New York
The West isn’t duty-bound to solve Arab problems
An Open Letter from Khalaf Al Habtoor to the US President George W Bush
Sheikh Mohammed illuminates Dubai’s future path
Corbyn’s anti-Arab agenda
Lebanon should restore presidential power
Follow God’s Constitution to Lead a More Disciplined, Productive and Successful Life
Obama’s flirtation with Iran raises suspicions
The world must act to destroy this disease
Lebanon’s Golden Opportunity: A New Era with General Joseph Aoun
Egyptians require saving from themselves
To The Arab Nation We Belong
Farewell to Mohammed Khalifa bin Hadher
US looks like a toothless tiger beyond its prime
Solutions to alleviate the global banking crisis
Al Qaeda's continued existence is unexplained
A salute to our heroes liberating Yemen
Turkish-Russian-Iranian nexus poses a threat

ARCHIVE