Catherine Putz SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS There are few topics bigger in the region than the question of China. EurasiaNet is running a five-part series addressing different aspects of Chinese engagement in Central Asia. Raffaello Pantucci tackles the overview, writing that “China’s rise in Central Asia marks one of the most consequential changes in regional geopolitics since the …

  When Margaret Thatcher visited the College of Europe in 1988, she joked that a British leader coming to address an elite college of European civil servants was like Genghis Khan being invited to a peace conference. But in what became known as the Bruges speech, Thatcher’s message was anything but hostile. Nobody, she said, can deny that Britons are …

  Alkesh Sharma / Emirates Business Creativity and innovation are the buzzwords around which the future economic plans and strategies of the United Arab of Emirates revolve around these days. UAE leadership announced a detailed plan worth over AED300 billion to become a “knowledge-based economy” and end dependence on oil for sustainable growth. “UAE is witnessing burgeoning corporate ecosystem where …