It’s hard not to be at least a little flabbergasted when looking through President and CEO Oswald Wong’s career summary- besides details about the senior executive roles and responsibilities he has had to shoulder in his various jobs so far, the resume that I looked at (which is eight pages long, by the way) is peppered with images of Wong’s meetings with several distinguished business […]

Joseph Waweru Why do Middle Eastern and North African countries lack democratic governments? Is it the Arabic language or the Muslim faith? Columbia University scholars, Alfred Stephan and Graeme B. Robertson, seem to have the answers. In regards to Arabism and Islam, the duo classifies nations associated with the former as democratic “underachievers” and the latter as “overachievers”. A state’s classification as an overachiever/underachiever is […]

The middle east empire faced few major difficulties in adapting to the various challenges presented by the west. Few of them were : Economic : Discovery of new trade routes to Asian countries and the vast continent of America, slashed the monopoly of the middle east empires as a important junction between the continents of Asia and Europe. Trade activities slowed down. Simultaneously, in an effort to cope with […]

Oil In today’s society one of the economic issues has been in the Middle East on oil. Oil was the backbone of the western countries and it was very important to imperial and super powers, such as France, Britain, United States of America and the former Soviet Union. One critic says, “That the declining Ottoman Empire paved way for the rising European imperial and colonial […]

This Muslim extremist group has be-headed three International Journalist, two of them being United States citizens. They are looking to militaries radical Islamic followers and re-establish a radical Muslim rule In Iraq and Syria. Recently an allied international force, headed by the united States, has joined forces to stop ISIS from growing and gaining a stronger foothold in the Middle East. The recent international action […]

UAE-based telecommunications service provider, du demonstrated the new e-SIM for the first time in the Middle East. Working with Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, du demonstrated the e-SIM during a round table held at the Grand Midwest Hotel in Media City. The e-SIM will enable du subscribers to activate the e-SIM on any device over the air, allowing an enhanced user experience in a […]

In the past, geography had been one of main issues of conflict in the international community because having larger territories means having more wealth and power compared to other countries. In the early days, Spain was one of the main colonizers in our world history. Due to the many territories that they had, Spaniards were considered rich. They have many lands to plant crop, for […]

Consumer Behavior Consumer behaviour in Islamic states has some limitations when compared to Western countries. For Muslims, the goal in life and work is always associated with traditions and religion. These practices are in turn, reflected in many aspects of business and the consumption patterns of consumers in the Middle East. Kavoossi (2000) outlined the Consumer behavior in an Islamic society based on four general […]

Plantation Slavery in Indian Ocean When topics such as African history and slavery are brought to mind, many American’s have a predetermined belief or idea on the subject. Such ideas may include that there is not much of African history until European presence, that African’s did not do anything of significance until the arrival of Europeans. Then, there are some beliefs that slavery was only […]

The purpose of this research paper will be to assess and analyze specific principles and theories of negotiation and conflict management as reflected by a specific story of the Middle East peace process within the named article. The article is entitled “The Wounds Of Peace,” by Connie Bruck. This, of course, is one individual author’s perspective, yet, nevertheless, it is the view of this author […]