The economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic for Gulf states has done far more than play havoc with their revenue base and fiscal household. It has propelled massive structural change…
Members of Saudi security forces take part in a military parade in preparation for the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia | Photo: Reuters/Umit Bektas[/caption]…
The question is not if, but when the long-standing American defence umbrella in the Gulf, the world’s most militarised and volatile region, will be replaced by a multilateral security arrangement…
Qatar – dubbed “the wild card of the Middle East” – makes for an intriguing case study. Not much is generally known about this stand-alone Gulf state except perhaps that…
The layoffs followed last year’s collapse of a Bin Laden construction crane that killed 107 people and prompted the government to ban the brothers from travelling abroad as well as…
[ezcol_1fifth][starbox][/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_3fifth] This question has been on the news all over the world: Why don’t Gulf States receive Syrian refugees, especially that they have the most belligerent tone in the…
Battle and bloodshed in a dozen places across the region, a breakdown of law, order and normal existence in large areas, hordes of terrified refugees fleeing from conflict and from…
Leaked recordings of Egypt’s president speaking about Gulf states can be at least described as un-statesmanlike.