Business / Retail
Business Briefing
The craft brewery sees a boom in the US, North Korea looks into carbon trading, and "Japa Dog" stalls take off in Canada.
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The Globalist, episode 286
A visit to Kuwait as the country heads to the polls, why the Panama Canal is having a makeover and for our Culture preview we tune in to Capital Radio in Sierra Leone.
The Globalist, episode 383
Russia’s leading opposition leader goes to trial today over theft charges – we find out more. Plus, why Palestine has finally opened an embassy in Kuwait after 20 years, and we continue our series on publishing.
The Globalist, episode 348
We discuss whether a new approach to the Middle East peace process could pave the way to a deal, find out why Iraqi Airways is flying to Kuwait again, and continue our week-long high-speed rail series with a look at the US…
Culture / Music
Monocolumn
Friday 11 June
The soft power of Country & Western
It would not instantly occur to many that country music might be a useful component of an American hearts and minds campaign in the Middle East.
Business / Food & Drink
Business briefing
Making fast food and even faster bucks in the Middle East, plus Russia's new low-cost carrier.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Monday 2 May
Why the ‘war on terror’ lost its bite
Almost exactly 20 years ago, an American president once ridiculed as a “wimp” stood triumphant, having vanquished a Middle Eastern villain.
Affairs / Investments
Monocolumn
Wednesday 21 October
Iraq opens for business
American troops are leaving Iraq, but the engineers, hotel architects and database managers are heading in.
Affairs / Diplomacy
The art of diplomacy
In his three decades of foreign service, the US ambassador to the UAE has learned that art can play a powerful part in diplomacy, communicating in a way that transcends culture and language.
Affairs / Defence
Defence briefing
Algeria's plans to fence off the Sahara, Poland's new arms contract and other military news.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Friday 17 August
Weekend agenda, 18/19 August
This weekend check out some Arab art in Tokyo, tuck-in to San Francisco’s street food festival and enjoy the new album from pianist Chilly Gonzales.
Business / Architecture
Track record
On 14 November the first Eurostar train should pull out from the new €1.15bn St Pancras International station headed for Paris. The station has come a long way since the 19th century when it was opened to receive ale del…
Affairs / Defence
Defence Briefing
The world goes to cyber-war, Brazil prepares a new rang of submarines and we meet Washington's man in Yangon.
Affairs / Defence
Defence briefing
Iraq's military shopping list, Israel's luxury blowholes, plus a global army update.
Affairs / Society
Diplomacy briefing
We meet the Finnish ambassador to Italy and find out why Peru is setting up shop in the Middle East.
Affairs / Politics
Africa/Middle East briefing
When Walid Ataya left Lebanon for Dubai after last summer’s war, he never imagined that a year later he would be back. “I was offered a salary three times more than I was making in Beirut,” he says. “The decision to go was…
Affairs / Politics
Africa/Middle East briefing
A Kenyan town gets a presidential boost, and will Emiratis ever use Dubai's new metro?
Edits / Food & Drink
Ghraoui chocolate
Bassam Ghraoui and his workers defy the Syrian heat to produce exquisitely packaged, award-winning chocolates and fondants. We join them to find out why, for Ghraoui, the future is orange.
Affairs / Society
Little Britain
For the first in a new series on outposts of opportunity we visit Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands, the British territory best known for sheep and its 1982 war with Argentina. Now oil and tourists are making this…