The uprisings in the Arab world were in essence an attempt to restore the fundamental legitimacy of the government by bringing it back to its roots, to the people. The masses of mostly young people who came out in the streets obviously forced change. But they have left unanswered some vital questions about what goals the changes can serve.

Formulating Dubai’s development strategy for Knowledge-based Economy...will provide the main signposts, or road map, marking them out from the central pillar of the prime goal. The sense of direction that will come out of this roadmap will facilitate the appropriate formulation of Dubai’s development strategy and will increase the success rate of its implementation. by Ibrahim Kursany (Ph.D) Director, Economic Studies Division, B’huth

We propose a two-pronged strategy to deal with this crisis in order to protect the higher interests of the country and emirates. First: Work on providing the strategic commodities such as food, water and energy, because these basic goods are strategic to protecting the national security of any country. Second: Fund development projects in all vital sectors, especially education and health, providing a solid foundation of key staff and qualified and trained human resources.

If the Prime Minister of Israel was looking for a peace deal with the US Congress, then he certainly got it May 24, 2011. The Congress clearly endorsed a speech which amounted to Mr. Netanyahu’s “declaration of war”....