Research & Analysis

Underwater Frontiers of Gulf Geopolitics: A Strategic Achilles’ Heel

Underwater Frontiers of Gulf Geopolitics: A Strategic...

04 November, 2025 | By
  • Jérémy Bachelier

Beneath the Persian Gulf’s waters lies a new arena of power—where control of cables and...

Following “Snapback” Sanctions, More Dilemmas for Iran’s Leadership

Following “Snapback” Sanctions, More Dilemmas for Iran’s...

04 November, 2025 | By
  • Zeynab Malakouti

With the decision of the E3, the United Kingdom (UK), France, and Germany, to trigger...

Securing the Transition: Unlocking India–Japan Collaboration on Critical Minerals

Securing the Transition: Unlocking India–Japan Collaboration on...

03 November, 2025 | By

The 11th India–Japan Energy Dialogue and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Tokyo in...

Mapping Interstate Trust: The Strategic Geography of Data Centres

Mapping Interstate Trust: The Strategic Geography of...

01 November, 2025 | By
  • Ana Blatnik

As data and computing power become the foundations of global economic and security systems, data...

Bridging Farm and Table: AgriFoodTech in the UAE

Bridging Farm and Table: AgriFoodTech in the...

30 October, 2025 | By
  • Leigh Mante

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) currently imports 83 percent of its food, and its food...

Railways and Realignments: Charting the Gulf’s Inclusive Path into the IMEC

Railways and Realignments: Charting the Gulf’s Inclusive...

30 October, 2025 | By

Broadening the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor to include the wider Gulf is key to unlocking its...

The UAE Climate Finance and ODA Nexus : An Evolving Strategy for the Global South Green Transition

The UAE Climate Finance and ODA Nexus...

30 October, 2025 | By

As Western aid wanes, the UAE’s climate finance push marks a Gulf-led model, linking sovereign...

Beijing’s Middle East Playbook in a Changing Global Order

Beijing’s Middle East Playbook in a Changing...

29 October, 2025 | By

Introduction While Beijing’s foreign policy is not focused on the Middle East—or ‘Western Asia’, the...

Sea of Hope: The Blue Economy Imperatives for the Global South With Reference to India

Sea of Hope: The Blue Economy Imperatives...

29 October, 2025 | By
  • Swati Prabhu
  • Gopalika Arora
  • Mannat Jaspal
  • Abhishree Pandey
  • Anusha Kesarkar Gavankar
  • Nilanjan Ghosh

Executive Summary  The Blue Economy Oceans cover over 70 percent of the Earth’s surface and...

A Fork in the Road for EVs? Lessons for Emerging Markets

A Fork in the Road for EVs?...

29 October, 2025 | By
  • Andrew Fang

EVs in Emerging Markets While electric vehicle (EV) sales in China, Europe, and the United...

China’s Cautious Balancing in a Changing Middle East

China’s Cautious Balancing in a Changing Middle...

28 October, 2025 | By
  • Ahmed Aboudouh

China’s caution in the Middle East endures. As US influence wanes and Gulf states diversify...

Mirror Biology: Governing the Next Frontier of Life Sciences

Mirror Biology: Governing the Next Frontier of...

27 October, 2025 | By
  • Lakshmy Ramakrishnan

In a pre-emptive move towards ensuring the responsible application of emerging biological sciences, scientists have...

Gaza Ceasefire Tests America’s Middle East Clout

Gaza Ceasefire Tests America’s Middle East Clout

22 October, 2025 | By
  • Kabir Taneja

Trump brokers a landmark Gaza peace deal, freeing hostages and reviving hopes of stability —...

Biotechnology and Digital Health in Saudi Arabia and the UAE

Biotechnology and Digital Health in Saudi Arabia...

22 October, 2025 | By

Saudi Arabia and the UAE are making strides in biotechnology and digital health, investing heavily...

Between New Delhi & Kabul, a fine balance

Between New Delhi & Kabul, a fine...

22 October, 2025 | By
  • Kabir Taneja

Pragmatism and convergence on Pakistan have replaced ideology and legacy concerns as the main drivers...

Africa’s Urban Future Needs Climate-Smart Food Systems

Africa’s Urban Future Needs Climate-Smart Food Systems

21 October, 2025 | By
  • Moffatt Ngugi

As Africa urbanises amid a warming climate, climate-smart food systems offer a path to resilience,...

The EU’s Relevance to a Post-Conflict Region: Stabilisation after the Gaza War

The EU’s Relevance to a Post-Conflict Region:...

17 October, 2025 | By

On 9 October 2025, all eyes turned towards Egypt as an agreement was reached between...

Diffusing Tolerance: The UAE’s Soft Power Through Migration

Diffusing Tolerance: The UAE’s Soft Power Through...

17 October, 2025 | By

The UAE’s tolerance agenda functions not merely as a domestic social policy but as a...

From Sana’a to Tel Aviv: The New Frontline in the Iran–Israel Confrontation

From Sana’a to Tel Aviv: The New...

15 October, 2025 | By
  • Mahmoud Shehrah

Yemen has become the latest front in the broader Iran–Israel confrontation. With Iran’s influence receding...

Climate Resilience in CSIDS: The Case of Smallholder Farmers in the Eastern Caribbean

Climate Resilience in CSIDS: The Case of...

15 October, 2025 | By
  • Wayne Ganpat
  • Steve Maximay
  • Howard Batson

This paper examines how smallholder farmers in the Eastern Caribbean are building climate resilience through...

Parametric Insurance for Climate Change Adaptation

Parametric Insurance for Climate Change Adaptation

13 October, 2025 | By
  • Eric L. Hyman

Insurance can be an effective strategy to help cope with climate risks by pooling and...

Space Bytes: The Prospect of Launching Data Centres in Space

Space Bytes: The Prospect of Launching Data...

11 October, 2025 | By

Introduction The increasing capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) tools are positioning it as a driver...

Iraq Heads to the Polls: The Stakes for its Economy

Iraq Heads to the Polls: The Stakes...

08 October, 2025 | By

As Iraq heads to elections, voters face a choice: preserve the oil-dependent status quo, risk...

The UAE–Greece Tourism Partnership in Strategic Perspective

The UAE–Greece Tourism Partnership in Strategic Perspective

03 October, 2025 | By

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) refers to itself as “an exceptional tourism destination”, a self-description...

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