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The AI-Sustainability Paradox and the Global South:...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has increasingly been framed as a solution to environmental challenges, contributing to...
Bahrain’s pardon surge in 2024: Focusing on...
The King of Bahrain pardoned a total of 3,482 prisoners in 2024, in four batches...
Will Bahrain turn the C-SIPA into a...
In September 2023, the United States (US) and Bahrain signed a Comprehensive Security Integration and...
Tech in big picture: Emerging trends in...
Frontier technologies have come to occupy centre stage in geopolitical discussions and national strategies in...
Implications of US-China Competition for Middle East-China...
US “De-prioritization” of the Middle East The so-called “Pivot to Asia” was announced nearly 15...
Can energy transitions cure the Dutch disease...
Can Africa’s energy transition break the resource curse? With global aid shrinking, African leaders look...
Examining the UAE’s Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has a clear goal to achieve AED 4 trillion (US$1.1...
Strategies for UAE’s Future Development: Promoting Equitable...
Abu Dhabi and Dubai have led the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) economic transformation. Other emirates...
Bytes and Bubbles: Comparing the 90s Dot-Com...
Every disruptive technology sparks excitement, investment, and the risk of a bubble—and AI is no...
Global race for minerals will define new...
The hunger for rare earths and critical minerals is shaping global geo-political developments. The control...
Revisiting Türkiye-GCC Economic Cooperation amid Trump 2.0
The economic relationship between Türkiye and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries has evolved significantly...
The Gulf Railway Project: Bridging the Gaps...
The Gulf Railway Project (GCC Railway) has ambitiously attempted to develop a transnational infrastructure plan...
Bolstering economic connectivity along the IMEC
The Red Sea supply chain crisis, which began at the beginning of this year and continued into...
UAE and Saudi Arabia’s agricultural diplomacy in...
With scarce arable land and water resources, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia...
CEPA and the IMEC: Future-proofing India-UAE economic...
On 23 June 2024, Indian Foreign Minister Dr S Jaishankar visited the United Arab Emirates...
UAE’s evolving role as a key actor...
In 2018, a year after the fall of the Islamic State of Iraq and the...
Modi 3.0 and the likely trajectory of...
The Indian electorates have given the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, under the leadership of...
Operational and tactical shifts: How modern wars...
The coupling of conventional and new, high-tech warfighting elements, as witnessed in recent conflicts, highlights...
Global conflicts in the new age: The...
While international law may lack enforceability in a traditional sense and exhibit flaws and frustrations,...
Urban youth are seeking jobs abroad
In November 2023, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India (GoI), entered into...
Tech-driven counterterrorism: Navigating new frontiers
Despite Israel’s robust and advanced defence system, it was caught off guard by a well-coordinated attack...
Partners in unfamiliarity: India-Gulf intelligence relations in...
The spies watched as the Gulfstream jet belonging to the Aviation Research Centre, the aviation...
India and Saudi Arabia: A Thriving Partnership...
Relations between India and the Arab world date back to centuries; historic interactions between the...
Tech Wars or Old Battlefields: Lessons from...
This article is part of the series—Raisina Edit 2024 Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) is a...