Gulf states

  • Aug 22, 2014
  • 7 min read

Stability fears will stall subsidy reform in Gulf

Gulf states are warily watching anti-government protests in neighbouring Yemen this week, which...

Gulf states
  • Aug 5, 2014
  • 6 min read

Gulf airlines poised to expand global market share

Representing only 8% of global revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) at present, the Middle East is...

Gulf states
  • Jul 30, 2014
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Subsidy reforms will widen income gap in Gulf

Interest in poverty and equality in the Middle East and North Africa has typically focused on the...

Gulf states
  • Jul 1, 2014
  • 7 min read

Gulf states face blowback from Iraq's jihadist surge

Saudi King Abdallah denounced the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) in a speech to mark the...

Gulf states
  • Jun 26, 2014
  • 7 min read

China's profile grows in Gulf states

Kuwait's prime minister held high-level meetings with China's top leaders on the side-lines of...

China
  • Jun 20, 2014
  • 6 min read

Iraq crisis will prompt policy rethink in Tehran

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pledged in a televised address on June 18 that Iran would act to...

Iran
  • Jun 9, 2014
  • 6 min read

Gulf bloc faces new crisis of authority over Iran

Kuwait's Emir Sabah al-Ahmad Al Sabah made a landmark visit to Tehran on June 2-3. His visit...

Gulf states
  • Jun 4, 2014
  • 12 min read

Prospects for the Middle East in the third quarter

After three years of political turmoil, North Africa's post-uprising states are looking to...

Middle East