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Your Gas Is Expensive To Pay Off Oppressed Arab Citizens

Because it costs more to run an oil-producing dictatorship when your people are trying to overthrow you, gas prices are going to stay high even when the conflicts stop.READ»

Social Photos: When a Picture Is Worth 140 Characters

Over the last weeks we have witnessed the peaceful demonstration in Egypt that overthrew President Mubarak's regime. In the last few days we watched the protests it has inspired in Yemen, Iran, Bahrain, and Algeria.READ»

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The Next China?

The ambassador to the UN from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) told me recently that every government agency in his country has a sustainability plan out to the year 2030. The most significant part of that policy exercise is the fact they need to develop an economy beyond oil - - because they expect to run out of it by then.READ»