After hearing about the Harvard meetings (conference) sponsored by the Harvard Arab Alumni and MENA afiliates i started looking at what else may be going on and ran across a few articles..... some old and some new but definately suggests that there is way more going on with the world powers and ME powers. Check this out, just some food for thought. Dubai - 18th May 2010: With its latest deal, MerchantBridgeMerchantBridgeMerchantBridge and Co MerchantBridge Region-wide | Financial Services