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Hanging in The Balance
According to the United Nations Environment Programme’s Emissions Gap Report 2024,1 the full implementation of...
Navigating Structural Hurdles to Unlock Africa’s Critical...
Africa’s aspirations for value creation in the domain of critical minerals are constrained by structural...
Brave New World
The year 2025 saw several disruptive and emerging technologies advance from rhetoric, and experimentation, into...
Djibouti’s Location Curse: Escaping Strategic Rent Dependence
Djibouti’s "Location Curse" shows how the state’s rentier model — extracting wealth from foreign bases...
A Year of Rebalancing
The architecture of global economic relations will face further challenges, tests, and restructuring in 2026,...
Turbulence Ahead
The re-election of Donald Trump in the United States (US) has introduced a wave of...
Private Control of Connectivity in Modern Conflict
As digital infrastructure becomes central to warfare and crisis response, privately owned connectivity is reshaping...
Navigating Strategic Autonomy: India and the Middle...
As the Western-led order frays, India and Middle Eastern powers pursue strategic autonomy—balancing, hedging, and...
Green Hydrogen Prospects in the Gulf
Hydrogen offers the Gulf a path to climate leadership, post-oil industry, and export success via...
Lessons from the Caribbean to Scale the...
The GCC can advance a sustainable blue economy by applying lessons from the Caribbean in...
Iran’s Nuclear Programme in the Post-JCPOA Diplomatic...
A decade after the JCPOA, Western nuclear diplomacy with Iran has reached an impasse amidst...
Trump’s Energy Agenda: Gains and Risks for...
Trump’s second-term energy push offers the GCC climate and geopolitical gains, but risks lower oil...
Iran’s Tryst With Its Future
As public unrest, economic stress, and succession politics collide, Iran’s revolutionary system is entering its...
A Stable Iran Serves Gulf Interests Better...
As Trump threatens Iran and protests spread, Gulf states face a dilemma: a weakened Iran...
A $6 LNG Window: Mapping India’s Long-Term...
A sustained US$6 LNG world could lift India’s gas demand from short-term price-led rebounds to...
Iran’s Search for a Future
With no credible Opposition leader in sight, Iranians face a choice between imperfect alternatives: a...
The Political Economy Behind Iran’s Protests
Iranians are protesting because the social contract, economic stability in exchange for obedience has collapsed,...
Venezuela Echoes Iraq: What is America’s Grand...
America’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in “Operation Midnight Hammer” eerily mirrors the 2003...
Iran’s Shadow Fleet Fuels Maritime Environmental Risks
Why sanctions are raising marine pollution risks
Bahrain’s Difficult Yet Necessary Fiscal Turn
The Bahraini government has fiscally reformed amidst political consensus-building. The next challenge: improving credit ratings...
The South African MDPMI Report: Countering Platform...
The South African MDPMI report is a step towards safeguarding media pluralism by regulating international...
The Rentier Divergence: Trajectory of a Post-Oil...
Arab states are splitting: some moving beyond oil, others stuck in dependence—shaping two futures.
Water Security Modelling and Drought Forecasting in...
Water scarcity has shaped the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for millennia. This...
Sunlight Across Borders: Applying India’s Mini-Grid Models...
India’s PM Surya Ghar shows how digital governance and targeted subsidies can scale household solar—offering...