(Reprint from 2006)
The recent uproar over the Dubai ports deal is another example of a trend of protectionist though sweeping through the United States. Is the fear justified, or is it simply a case of nervous xenophobia? To answer this question, we must examine what the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is all about. (more…)
(Reprint from Dec. 30, 2005)
Around the world, women have been making progress towards equality with men on both the business and political fronts for decades, yet always seeming to come up a bit short. But, 2005 may go down in history as the year the glass ceiling was truly broken, as two women were elected president in what has traditionally been the most socially conservative continents on the planet. The elections of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Liberia and Michelle Bachelet in Chile may have paved the way towards the future of equal gender representation in politics all over the globe. (more…)