Research & Analysis

Inside America’s New Defence Tech Ecosystem

Inside America’s New Defence Tech Ecosystem

23 December, 2025 | By
  • Aravind Sathishkumar

Emerging technologies, private capital, and startups are reshaping US defence planning, as AI, autonomy, and...

Water Security Modelling and Drought Forecasting in the MENA Region

Water Security Modelling and Drought Forecasting in...

22 December, 2025 | By
  • Hamed Assaf

Water scarcity has shaped the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for millennia. This...

Sunlight Across Borders: Applying India’s Mini-Grid Models in the UAE

Sunlight Across Borders: Applying India’s Mini-Grid Models...

22 December, 2025 | By
  • Mohamed Zarouni

India’s PM Surya Ghar shows how digital governance and targeted subsidies can scale household solar—offering...

Developing an Effective Trilateral Partnership

Developing an Effective Trilateral Partnership

20 December, 2025 | By

The relationship between India and China is one of Asia’s great paradoxes. The two nations...

AI’s Expanding Water Footprint and the Case for Circularity

AI’s Expanding Water Footprint and the Case...

18 December, 2025 | By
  • Soma Sarkar

While AI promises transformative potential, its escalating water footprint demands urgent attention. Integrating circular water...

The Golan Heights: From Demilitarisation To a Pursuit of Peace

The Golan Heights: From Demilitarisation To a...

18 December, 2025 | By
  • Kabir Taneja
  • Samidha Jain

The Golan Heights' post-Assad reset has hardened Israel–Syria fault lines, as Netanyahu and Sharaa lock...

GCC Joint Defence Integration and the US Factor

GCC Joint Defence Integration and the US...

15 December, 2025 | By

As the GCC pursues a joint defence shield, this requires coordination with the US to...

India and the UAE Could Define ‘Eastern’ Ethics for AI

India and the UAE Could Define ‘Eastern’...

11 December, 2025 | By
  • Hindol Sengupta
  • Hebatallah Adam

Ethical models for artificial intelligence are getting divided between Eastern and Western frameworks. India and...

Strengthening Media and Information Literacy in Africa

Strengthening Media and Information Literacy in Africa

10 December, 2025 | By
  • Tanusha Tyagi

In the face of escalating disinformation campaigns, enhancing Media and Information Literacy (MIL) across the...

The US War Department and the STEM Recalibration

The US War Department and the STEM...

10 December, 2025 | By
  • Chaitanya Giri

The formation of the US’ War Department has triggered a global recalibration of STEM talent...

A $6 LNG Window: Mapping India’s Short-Term Gas Demand Potential

A $6 LNG Window: Mapping India’s Short-Term...

07 December, 2025 | By

The global gas market is entering a structurally softer phase. A wave of liquefaction additions...

Challenges to Breaking China’s Critical Minerals Grip

Challenges to Breaking China’s Critical Minerals Grip

05 December, 2025 | By

The imposition of export controls that China aimed at Skydio in October 2024 may be...

Catalysing the GCC’s Waste-to-Energy Prospects for Agriculture

Catalysing the GCC’s Waste-to-Energy Prospects for Agriculture

28 November, 2025 | By
  • Leigh Mante

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is projected to experience exponential population growth in the coming...

The Saudi Arabia-Pakistan Defence Agreement: Perspectives from India and the Middle East

The Saudi Arabia-Pakistan Defence Agreement: Perspectives from...

28 November, 2025 | By

In September 2025, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA). The...

The Zombie Rentier: Is Libya’s Central Bank Crisis Recovery a Statistical Fallacy?

The Zombie Rentier: Is Libya’s Central Bank...

26 November, 2025 | By

Libya’s headline growth hides a zombie economy—propped up by oil, crippled by fake currency, and...

The Hanoi Convention and the Contest to Shape Global Cybercrime Norms

The Hanoi Convention and the Contest to...

25 November, 2025 | By
  • Heena Makhija
  • Arshia Roy

The UN’s cybercrime treaty reflects both the promise of multilateral cooperation and the steady erosion...

The Dubai Airshow and the UAE’s Leadership in Autonomous Aerospace

The Dubai Airshow and the UAE’s Leadership...

22 November, 2025 | By
  • Bharath Gopalaswamy

Autonomous systems dominated the Dubai Airshow, but the UAE’s push for AI compute sovereignty and...

The Business of Development: A New Development Finance Corporation

The Business of Development: A New Development...

20 November, 2025 | By
  • Arezo Kohistany

The global development system no longer reflects current economic realities. Institutions built in the 20th...

Iran’s Water Crisis: Historical Roots, Ideological Dimensions, and Policy Challenges

Iran’s Water Crisis: Historical Roots, Ideological Dimensions,...

19 November, 2025 | By
  • Kamyar Kayvanfar

Iran’s water story is intertwined with its modern political evolution. During the Pahlavi era, the...

Digital Interoperability and Trade Facilitation in the India–Middle East–Europe Corridor

Digital Interoperability and Trade Facilitation in the...

14 November, 2025 | By

Introduction The announcement of the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC) in 2023 garnered wide attention for...

From Gaza to Afghanistan: Is it All Down to the ‘Moderates’?

From Gaza to Afghanistan: Is it All...

14 November, 2025 | By
  • Kabir Taneja

Experiences from Afghanistan to Gaza show that expecting ‘moderates’ to anchor post-conflict politics overlooks the...

Diplomacy and decarbonization: 70 years of Saudi–Japan energy relations

Diplomacy and decarbonization: 70 years of Saudi–Japan...

13 November, 2025 | By

On 22 September 2025, Tokyo hosted the 8th Ministerial Meeting of the Japan–Saudi Vision 2030...

UAE Connectivity as a Platform for Resilient Growth

UAE Connectivity as a Platform for Resilient...

12 November, 2025 | By
  • Kristian Alexander

The questions shaping growth across Eurasia and Africa have moved beyond goods production to their...

The Gulf’s Indo-Pacific Dilemma

The Gulf’s Indo-Pacific Dilemma

12 November, 2025 | By

The idea of an ‘Indo-Pacific’ has gained popularity in the past two decades, but its...

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