In “The Laugh of the Medusa” (1975) Helen Cixous says: “Every woman has known the torment of getting up to speak. Her heart racing, at times entirely lost for...
This week, leaders from medicine, economics, politics, and civil society are uniting to demand immediate and coordinated international action to mobilize the...
Global recovery from coronavirus pandemic will impact the future of sustainable development.
No one, no community, no country, is immune from this deadly pandemic. This is a crisis of global dimensions, with devastating human, social and economic...
There’s no denying the fact that precautions have come at the expense of economies, and global recession this year is unavoidable.
Before euphoria grips the Lebanese, they are advised to hold their horses. Some facts are in order: Oil or gas, if found, will usually take an average of...
In the new global health emergency, “social distancing” is the new trending phrase in our vocabulary. It means distancing ourselves from each other to stop...
In recent days, the voices of lawmakers preparing a law for a Haircut on the depositors' money at Banks have been heard, and many economists stated that there...
Only by coming together will the world be able to face down the COVID-19 pandemic and its shattering consequences.
When he welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump to Beijing’s Forbidden City in 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping pointed to the character “peace” in the names...
Humanity has survived many pandemics throughout history. In many cases, we learned lessons that helped to spur subsequent progress. For example, the kingdoms...
The spread of coronavirus in Lebanon started with the first case reported on Feb. 21, 2020. Initially, as expected there was a significant increase in the...
COVID-19 is one of the biggest humankind crisis.
Events like the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. housing-market crash of 2007-2009, and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, are often called “black swans.”...
Years of interference and oppression at the hands of the Iranian Ayatollahs may have finally been rejected by the Iraqi people. Beginning in late 2019, Iraq’s...
Capitalism is facing at least three major crises. A pandemic-induced health crisis has rapidly ignited an economic crisis with yet unknown consequences for...
There are now worrying signs that the COVID-19 virus has taken root in Sub-Saharan Africa, the world’s poorest region. The window of opportunity to prevent a...
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, which is widely suspected to have emerged from Wuhan’s Huanan Market in December 2019, public-health and animal-rights...
With the coronavirus devastating one economy after another, the economics profession – and thus the analytical underpinnings for sound policymaking and crisis...
Middle Eastern and Gulf Cooperation Council economies are heading toward a recession in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, collapsing oil prices, and...
Less than five months after the first documented case of the COVID-19 coronavirus, infections exceed 340,000 globally, with nearly 15,000 deaths. This...
With the global COVID-19 crisis quickly escalating, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has had to accept a hard truth, rightly taking the initiative in...
As the coronavirus pandemic shuts down the world’s economies, stock markets plummet, and unemployment rises, policymakers will be forced to figure out how to...
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, oil prices have drastically plunged to their four-year lows. However, since the current slump is “event-driven,” prices will...
In February 2014 – six years ago, the entire civilized world became the witness of aggressive and violence actions, committed by Russian Federation against...
While pandemics are comparatively rare, and severe ones rarer still, I am not aware of a historical episode that can provide any insight as to the likely...
Of all the challenges that humans have faced over millennia, disease has always been a particularly brutal and resourceful enemy.
Last Saturday, Prime Minister Diab addressed the heart of Lebanon’s “failing economic model laid down by previous policies.” As Lebanon’s economic crisis...
The United Kingdom’s new Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has done what Prime Minister Boris Johnson wanted him to do following the forced resignation...