Research & Analysis

Israel’s Strike on Qatar Tilts the Balance Against Gulf-Israel Relations

Israel’s Strike on Qatar Tilts the Balance...

16 September, 2025 | By

Repeated aggressions would almost certainly push the Abraham Accords into a “cold” phase—formal on paper,...

Balancing between Sovereignty and Solvency: Does Tunisia need the IMF for Economic Recovery?

Balancing between Sovereignty and Solvency: Does Tunisia...

16 September, 2025 | By

More than two years ago, Tunisian President Kais Saied publicly rejected a much-needed International Monetary...

The Future of Global A.I.

The Future of Global A.I.

16 September, 2025 | By

Introduction: The Present and Future of Digital Intelligence Artificial Intelligence (AI)—a technology that was once...

From Ambition to Implementation: Europe’s Sustainable Mobility Challenge

From Ambition to Implementation: Europe’s Sustainable Mobility...

11 September, 2025 | By
  • Fabrizio Meroni

While the European Union (EU) has been leading the global effort to decarbonise the mobility...

Navigating Southern Waters – Norway’s Maritime Security Stakes

Navigating Southern Waters – Norway’s Maritime Security...

10 September, 2025 | By

Far from the Gulf, Norway anchors its role in Middle East security—leveraging maritime might to...

Perplexing Agents: Redefining the Boundaries of Online Agency

Perplexing Agents: Redefining the Boundaries of Online...

05 September, 2025 | By

As AI agents surpass human activity online, the clash between companies like Perplexity and Cloudflare...

The Future Trajectory of Power in Iran  

The Future Trajectory of Power in Iran...

04 September, 2025 | By
  • Kamyar Kayvanfar

Iran’s leaders invoke the rhetoric of unity and resistance to face Israel, but rising  domestic...

The Rise of Soft Power in the Gulf: A Comparative Analysis of GCC Strategies

The Rise of Soft Power in the...

02 September, 2025 | By

Introduction Soft power, a concept introduced by political scientist Joseph Nye in the late 1990s,[1]...

Anatomy of a Stalemate: Lebanon’s Path to an IMF Recovery

Anatomy of a Stalemate: Lebanon’s Path to...

29 August, 2025 | By

Lebanon’s IMF deal remains stalled as political and financial elites resist reforms, deepening the country’s...

UAE’s Talent Paradox: Job Trends, Skill Mismatches and AI’s Impact

UAE’s Talent Paradox: Job Trends, Skill Mismatches...

28 August, 2025 | By
  • Ahmed Dawoud
  • Ahmed Wael Ahmed Habashy

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is an economy defined by ambition. Its growth story is...

Too Hot to Sustain: Confronting the Gulf’s Extreme Heat

Too Hot to Sustain: Confronting the Gulf’s...

27 August, 2025 | By
  • Leigh Mante

Although the Gulf is accustomed to extreme summer heat, projected temperature increases, especially in rapidly...

Energy Transitions in the Gulf: Realities, Risks, and the Road Ahead

Energy Transitions in the Gulf: Realities, Risks,...

26 August, 2025 | By
  • Robin M. Mills

Introduction: Transition Turbulence Energy transition globally, which seemed unstoppable only a few years ago, has...

Integrating the EU’s hinterland through IMEC

Integrating the EU’s hinterland through IMEC

25 August, 2025 | By

Stretching over 6,400 km, from the Indo-Pacific to the Mediterranean, the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor...

Harnessing Civilian Nuclear Energy Using a Cooperative Framework

Harnessing Civilian Nuclear Energy Using a Cooperative...

22 August, 2025 | By
  • Cauvery Ganapathy

Civilian nuclear energy is at an inflection point globally, and considering its potential, it could...

Leveraging Nuclear Energy Through Small Modular Reactors

Leveraging Nuclear Energy Through Small Modular Reactors

21 August, 2025 | By
  • Cauvery Ganapathy

Civilian nuclear energy carries the potential to deliver on the two critical national pursuits of...

Embedding AI in Education: UAE’s Path to Strategy 2031

Embedding AI in Education: UAE’s Path to...

19 August, 2025 | By
  • Mehak Kapur

Many federal governments, with exceptions such as the European Union countries (Recital 56 and Annex...

Countdown to BRICS 2026: The India-Africa-UAE Trilateral

Countdown to BRICS 2026: The India-Africa-UAE Trilateral

14 August, 2025 | By

Back in 2019, India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Qatar and Italy: Emerging Power-Brokers in Syria’s New Order

Qatar and Italy: Emerging Power-Brokers in Syria’s...

14 August, 2025 | By
  • Cecilia Vidotto Labastie

With Syria entering reconstruction without the United States (US) leadership, a new diplomatic landscape is...

AI Hallucinations in the Legal Field: Present Experiences, Future Considerations

AI Hallucinations in the Legal Field: Present...

14 August, 2025 | By
  • Debajyoti Chakravarty

When legal AI invents cases, the risk is real—justice, credibility, and ethics hang in the...

A Partnership of Paradoxes: Analysing the Latent Potential in Egypt-UAE Trade

A Partnership of Paradoxes: Analysing the Latent...

12 August, 2025 | By

The strategic and investment relationship between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt has reached...

The Consistent Setbacks to a Proverbial ‘New Middle East’

The Consistent Setbacks to a Proverbial ‘New...

09 August, 2025 | By
  • Kabir Taneja

As old conflicts resurface, the ‘new Middle East’ risks becoming a mirage, revealing the fragility...

United States’ Crypto Vision

United States’ Crypto Vision

09 August, 2025 | By
  • Sauradeep Bag

Cryptocurrency has moved to the centre of US economic strategy, with the Trump administration embracing...

Bridging the Financing Gap for the SDGs: A Framework for Renewed Action

Bridging the Financing Gap for the SDGs:...

05 August, 2025 | By

Introduction Since the adoption in 2015 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their...

From Sea Lines to Fault Lines: Managing the Economic Fallout of the Houthi Shipping Attacks

From Sea Lines to Fault Lines: Managing...

01 August, 2025 | By

Since November 2023, Houthi militants have conducted a sustained campaign against international shipping in the...

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