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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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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Iran’s open aggression demands a harsh response
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Relying on the US for security is a mistake
Zayed Remains the Symbol of UAE
The World Needs its Uncle Sam Back
Time for Palestinians to choose sides
Saudi’s generosity to Lebanon repaid with insults
Are Sunnis victims of a new ‘Great Game’?
Europe’s unseemly haste to embrace Tehran
Egypt needs ‘tough love’ to reject Iran’s overtures
Wake Up America, Israel is not your friend
Tatarstan, a Shangri-La on the Volga
A Monumental Decision over Free Trade
Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor says “Don’t Panic” over Global Market Fluctuations