Bahrain

  • May 5, 2023
  • 7 min read

Bahrain’s growth plan faces regional challengers

Bahrain is switching focus from fiscal consolidation to longer-term economic diversification and expansion

Bahrain
  • Mar 20, 2023
  • 7 min read

Gulf-Iranian ties will de-escalate regional tensions

Iran's March 10 agreement with Saudi Arabia to renew ties may be followed with another with Bahrain

Gulf states
  • Dec 9, 2022
  • 7 min read

Crypto market to grow in Middle East and North Africa

The Middle East and North Africa is the fastest growing region for the adoption of cryptocurrencies

Middle East
  • Oct 20, 2022
  • 7 min read

The Saudi tourist sector will expand rapidly

Riyadh has backed ambitious targets for high-end leisure and religious tourism with institutional change and investment

Saudi Arabia
  • Sep 2, 2022
  • 7 min read

Gulf States’ SWFs will be active global investors

Gulf SWFs are playing an active economic and political role as their investments surge

Gulf states
  • Aug 25, 2022
  • 6 min read

Latest Israeli-Palestinian fighting resolves nothing

Three days of fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group ended with an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire

Israel
  • Jul 18, 2022
  • 7 min read

The Gulf States would benefit from a UK trade deal

Negotiations for a trade agreement between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the United Kingdom started in June

Gulf states
  • Jul 8, 2022
  • 12 min read

US-Middle East alignment unlikely

US President Joe Biden will visit Israel, the West Bank and Saudi Arabia in July

Middle East