Bahrain

  • Aug 30, 2016
  • 2 min read

Iranian S-300 missile limits Gulf, Israeli options

The end of the nuclear dispute has enabled Iran to address vulnerabilities in its air defences

Iran
  • Aug 10, 2016
  • 2 min read

LNG imports set to rise in Middle East

Despite being home to almost half the world's natural gas reserves, many parts of the region face shortages

Middle East
  • Jul 27, 2016
  • 7 min read

Bahrain will press ahead with deeper economic reforms

Manama has to make urgent, but potentially unpopular cutbacks at a time of political crisis

Bahrain
  • Jul 25, 2016
  • 2 min read

Debt sustainability outlook in Gulf states is mixed

Gulf states are looking to debt markets to sustain high public spending at time of lower oil prices

Gulf states
  • Jun 29, 2016
  • 11 min read

Gulf taxation plans will not plug fiscal deficits

New taxes are being rolled out across the GCC in the wake of the oil price drop

Gulf states
  • Jun 21, 2016
  • 2 min read

Iran unlikely to stoke insurgency in Bahrain

The kingdom's decision to revoke the citizenship of a leading Shia cleric plays into regional tensions

Bahrain
  • Jun 14, 2016
  • 2 min read

Bahrain moderates unlikely to make comeback soon

The Sunni-ruled kingdom has been in deep political crisis since the eruption of mass protests in 2011

Bahrain
  • Jun 1, 2016
  • 2 min read

Bahrain's stability can weather further austerity

With its finances severely hit by low oil prices, the kingdom has to make cuts amid an ongoing political crisis

Bahrain