Content tagged with “Middle East”
A lunchtime dialogue discussing social and economic development in the Palestinian Authority area and the role of the private sector. Contributing to these efforts are ventures such as Partners for a...
Tags: Middle East, Middle East Programs The recent uprising in Egypt has split the Lebanese into sympathizers and critics of the current Egyptian regime. While some are backing the protesters, others have been more conservative in their...
Tags: Middle East, Government, Lebanon, Iran, Hezbollah, Egypt While the world's eyes are turned to Egypt, many in Lebanon are reminded of their 2005 revolt against foreign hegemony. Today, as they the Lebanese prepare for the sixth anniversary of the...
Tags: Middle East, Government, Lebanon, Hezbollah Years of political and economic instability in Palestine have had detrimental effects on its society, including a sharp increase in unemployment and poverty and a steep decline in health and...
Tags: Economic Development, Business, Middle East, Investment, Peace Walter IsaacsonPresident and CEOThe Aspen InstituteUPP Chair Madeleine K. AlbrightChairAlbright Stonebridge GroupFormer U.S. Secretary of StateUPP Honorary Chair(photo by Timothy Greenfield-...
Tags: Economic Development, Business, Middle East, Investment, Peace The US-Palestinian Partnership (UPP) focuses its efforts on stimulating the economy through sustainable economic development, job creation and training, and attracting foreign investment in the...
Tags: Economic Development, Business, Middle East, Investment, Peace Launched in 2007 by the President of the United States, the Secretary of State, and U.S. business leaders, the U.S.-Palestinian Partnership (UPP) focuses on creating economic opportunity for the...
Tags: Economic Development, Business, Middle East, Investment, Peace Like several other Middle Eastern countries, Lebanon had its own "Day of Anger" this week after Lebanese President Michel Suleiman officially named Hezbollah's candidate Najib Mikati as the new Prime...
Tags: Middle East, Peace, Lebanon, Hezbollah The United States Treasury Department is targeting a Lebanon-based drug trafficking and money laundering network. The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control named in a statement an individual...
Tags: Middle East, Terrorism, Lebanon After waiting nearly six years, the Lebanese are on the verge of finally knowing who the suspected assassins of their former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri are. On Monday, the prosecutor of the...
Tags: Middle East, Peace, Lebanon 
