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US-Israel Strikes on Iran: Experts React to...
On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched coordinated military strikes on Iran....
Integration is the Arabs’ Best Shield Against...
The takeover of Venezuela and recent Israeli measures aiming at annexation of the West Bank...
The Gulf’s Critical Minerals Balancing Act
Despite the US and China’s efforts to align the Gulf states with their minerals policies,...
Dual-Use, Triple Gain: Scaling Agrivoltaics in MENA
Embedding solar panels on agricultural land through agrivoltaics offers a “triple-gain opportunity” across the food-energy-water...
Turning Risks into Opportunities
Education, skills, labor, and immigration have historically functioned as critical drivers of economic growth, productivity,...
Convergence of Transitions
The pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 underscores the growing interlinkages of food,...
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...