In his introductory remarks at the 2011 Global Arab Business Meeting (GABM), held at the Al Hamra Convention Centre in Ras Al Khaimah in October 2011, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, the ruler of RAK, spoke of new opportunities created by the unrest that has swept through North Africa and the Middle East in 2011 and early 2012. “The real...