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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...
Revisiting Türkiye-GCC Economic Cooperation amid Trump 2.0
The economic relationship between Türkiye and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries has evolved significantly...
Global race for minerals will define new...
The hunger for rare earths and critical minerals is shaping global geo-political developments. The control...
Bytes and Bubbles: Comparing the 90s Dot-Com...
Every disruptive technology sparks excitement, investment, and the risk of a bubble—and AI is no...
Strategies for UAE’s Future Development: Promoting Equitable...
Abu Dhabi and Dubai have led the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) economic transformation. Other emirates...
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...
Can energy transitions cure the Dutch disease...
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...
US “De-prioritization” of the Middle East The so-called “Pivot to Asia” was announced nearly 15...
Tech in big picture: Emerging trends in...
Frontier technologies have come to occupy centre stage in geopolitical discussions and national strategies in...
Will Bahrain turn the C-SIPA into a...
In September 2023, the United States (US) and Bahrain signed a Comprehensive Security Integration and...
Bahrain’s pardon surge in 2024: Focusing on...
The King of Bahrain pardoned a total of 3,482 prisoners in 2024, in four batches...
Bolstering economic connectivity along the IMEC
The Red Sea supply chain crisis, which began at the beginning of this year and continued into...