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Countdown to BRICS 2026: The India-Africa-UAE Trilateral
Back in 2019, India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
A Partnership of Paradoxes: Analysing the Latent...
The strategic and investment relationship between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt has reached...
From Sea Lines to Fault Lines: Managing...
Since November 2023, Houthi militants have conducted a sustained campaign against international shipping in the...
A More Connected Mediterranean: France, Egypt, and...
The Mediterranean Sea: a small maritime space on a global scale, but one that holds...
Why Israel–Syria Normalisation Remains Elusive in the...
The ceasefire declared in Suweida, Syria on 19 July 2025, was meant to halt a...
Explaining the Freelance Performance Gap: Egyptians vs...
Strategic misalignments, not skill deficits, explain why Egyptian web developers on global freelance platforms like...
EU-UAE Trade Negotiations: A Potential Path to...
Against the backdrop of adversity and tensions which redefine trade cooperations and economic exchanges, the...
An AI Blueprint for the Future of...
Egypt’s labour market is marked by systemic skills mismatches, geographic inequalities, and rising automation risks....
From Resistance to Recovery: The Iranian Economy’s...
The fragile ceasefire announced in late June 2025 has paused the missile exchanges over the...
A Maximalist Moment: Why Israel Isn’t Done...
Following the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, experts are assessing the impact, particularly the...
Political Participation in the Gulf: Parliaments and...
As of 2024, the Gulf region has undergone a subtle but significant transformation in its...
The UAE–Jordan CEPA: Trade as a Tool...
The UAE-Jordan CEPA marks a geoeconomic shift—leveraging trade, investment, and labour ties to stabilise Jordan...
Digital Infrastructure, Strategic Power: The Gulf’s Data...
The Gulf states are investing heavily in sovereign, sustainable, and secure data infrastructure, recasting data...
Breaking the Economic Fragmentation Paradigm: UAE-Romania, Interregional...
UAE-Romania ties reflect how gateway states can counter global economic fragmentation through strategic interregional trade...
Syria and the Abraham Accords: Recalculating Middle...
Damascus’s potential entry into the Abraham Accords could reshape regional alliances, strain old loyalties, and...
Building Sustainable Infrastructure in a Rapidly Expanding...
As the Gulf's real estate market rapidly expands, building sustainable infrastructure is essential to securing...
Trump Returns to the Gulf: Experts Decode...
Trump Returns to the Gulf: Experts Decode the Strategic Implications Last week, the United States...
Bahrain Must Rethink Its Stand on the...
The UN and SIDS The Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA) of 1994, a policy document...
Addressing the Critical Minerals conundrum: Pathways for...
While the United States (US)-China dynamic will undoubtedly curate the broader context of the subject...
I2U2: An Opportunity to Forge a Climate-Resilient...
From tariff wars and strategic decoupling to climate-induced catastrophes and regional conflicts, geopolitical whirlwinds have...
Powering the AI-Nuclear Nexus: Strategic Integration of...
If public statements are any indication of future policy direction, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s...
Beyond Oil and War: A Closer Look...
Oil and conflict dominate headlines, but MENA’s real story lies in the contrasting economic paths...
The AI-Sustainability Paradox and the Global South:...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has increasingly been framed as a solution to environmental challenges, contributing to...
The Gulf Railway Project: Bridging the Gaps...
The Gulf Railway Project (GCC Railway) has ambitiously attempted to develop a transnational infrastructure plan...