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Trump Returns to the Gulf: Experts Decode the Strategic Implications

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 SIDS Classification

Bahrain Must Rethink Its Stand on the...

15 May, 2025 | By

The UN and SIDS The Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA) of 1994, a policy document...

Addressing the Critical Minerals conundrum: Pathways for the India-France-UAE Trilateral

Addressing the Critical Minerals conundrum: Pathways for...

11 May, 2025 | By
  • Cauvery Ganapathy

While the United States (US)-China dynamic will undoubtedly curate the broader context of the subject...

I2U2: An Opportunity to Forge a Climate-Resilient Minilateralism

I2U2: An Opportunity to Forge a Climate-Resilient...

07 May, 2025 | By

From tariff wars and strategic decoupling to climate-induced catastrophes and regional conflicts, geopolitical whirlwinds have...

Powering the AI-Nuclear Nexus: Strategic Integration of Nuclear Energy for AI Infrastructure in Gulf Nations

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 at MENA’s Economic Subsystems

Beyond Oil and War: A Closer Look...

02 May, 2025 | By

Oil and conflict dominate headlines, but MENA’s real story lies in the contrasting economic paths...

The AI-Sustainability Paradox and the Global South: Regulation for Sustainable Innovation

The AI-Sustainability Paradox and the Global South:...

29 April, 2025 | By
  • Dewi de Weerdt

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has increasingly been framed as a solution to environmental challenges, contributing to...

The Gulf Railway Project: Bridging the Gaps between Vision and Reality

The Gulf Railway Project: Bridging the Gaps...

24 April, 2025 | By

The Gulf Railway Project (GCC Railway) has ambitiously attempted to develop a transnational infrastructure plan...

Revisiting Türkiye-GCC Economic Cooperation amid Trump 2.0

Revisiting Türkiye-GCC Economic Cooperation amid Trump 2.0

17 April, 2025 | By
  • Gamze Coskun Bakir
  • Nesibe Hicret Battaloglu

The economic relationship between Türkiye and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries has evolved significantly...

Global race for minerals will define new power equations

Global race for minerals will define new...

11 April, 2025 | By
  • Pranjal Sharma

The hunger for rare earths and critical minerals is shaping global geo-political developments. The control...

Bytes and Bubbles: Comparing the 90s Dot-Com Bubble and the AI Race

Bytes and Bubbles: Comparing the 90s Dot-Com...

08 April, 2025 | By

Every disruptive technology sparks excitement, investment, and the risk of a bubble—and AI is no...

Strategies for UAE’s Future Development: Promoting Equitable Growth Across Emirates

Strategies for UAE’s Future Development: Promoting Equitable...

02 April, 2025 | By

Abu Dhabi and Dubai have led the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) economic transformation. Other emirates...

Examining the UAE’s Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) Landscape

Examining the UAE’s Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement...

21 March, 2025 | By

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has a clear goal to achieve AED 4 trillion (US$1.1...

Can energy transitions cure the Dutch disease in Africa?

Can energy transitions cure the Dutch disease...

10 March, 2025 | By

Can Africa’s energy transition break the resource curse? With global aid shrinking, African leaders look...

Implications of US-China Competition for Middle East-China Security Cooperation

Implications of US-China Competition for Middle East-China...

08 March, 2025 | By
  • Taehwa Hong

US “De-prioritization” of the Middle East The so-called “Pivot to Asia” was announced nearly 15...

Tech in big picture: Emerging trends in 2025

Tech in big picture: Emerging trends in...

06 March, 2025 | By

Frontier technologies have come to occupy centre stage in geopolitical discussions and national strategies in...

Will Bahrain turn the C-SIPA into a multilateral success story?

Will Bahrain turn the C-SIPA into a...

27 February, 2025 | By

In September 2023, the United States (US) and Bahrain signed a Comprehensive Security Integration and...

Bahrain’s pardon surge in 2024: Focusing on rehabilitation and justice

Bahrain’s pardon surge in 2024: Focusing on...

20 February, 2025 | By

The King of Bahrain pardoned a total of 3,482 prisoners in 2024, in four batches...

Bolstering economic connectivity along the IMEC

Bolstering economic connectivity along the IMEC

31 July, 2024 | By
  • Prithvi Gupta

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 Africa: Competition, cooperation and its strategic implications

UAE and Saudi Arabia’s agricultural diplomacy in...

26 July, 2024 | By
  • Samir Bhattacharya
  • Ahmed Fawaz Lathif

With scarce arable land and water resources, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia...

CEPA and the IMEC: Future-proofing India-UAE economic ties

CEPA and the IMEC: Future-proofing India-UAE economic...

03 July, 2024 | By
  • Dinesh N Joshi
  • Prithvi Gupta

On 23 June 2024, Indian Foreign Minister Dr S Jaishankar visited the United Arab Emirates...

UAE’s evolving role as a key actor in the Middle East and beyond

UAE’s evolving role as a key actor...

02 July, 2024 | By
  • Sabine Ameer

In 2018, a year after the fall of the Islamic State of Iraq and the...

Modi 3.0 and the likely trajectory of India-West Asia ties

Modi 3.0 and the likely trajectory of...

29 June, 2024 | By
  • Alvite Ningthoujam

The Indian electorates have given the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, under the leadership of...

Operational and tactical shifts: How modern wars are reshaping the battlefield

Operational and tactical shifts: How modern wars...

15 June, 2024 | By
  • Ankit K

The coupling of conventional and new, high-tech warfighting elements, as witnessed in recent conflicts, highlights...

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