Gulf states

  • Sep 20, 2013
  • 11 min read

State enterprise reform holds key to Arab growth

The state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector in the Arab world is a critical legacy of the statist...

Middle East
  • Sep 16, 2013
  • 12 min read

Prospects for the Middle East in the fourth quarter

The impact of Syria's violent break-up on regional security and global geopolitics will increase...

Middle East
  • Sep 12, 2013
  • 7 min read

Gulf successions face legitimacy challenge

Qatar's voluntary handover of power last month has thrown the spotlight on succession processes...

Gulf states
  • Sep 6, 2013
  • 2 min read

Middle East economies weigh impact of US strike

Stock exchanges in the Gulf Cooperation Council states yesterday ended the week with further...

Middle East
  • Aug 27, 2013
  • 11 min read

Shifting energy markets spur Gulf tilt towards Asia

Over the last decade, relations between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), East Asia and India...

Gulf states
  • Aug 12, 2013
  • 7 min read

Al-Jazeera role highlights Egypt's media polarisation

Egyptian security forces today delayed a planned operation to disperse two major protest sites...

Egypt
  • Aug 5, 2013
  • 7 min read

Opposition troubles ease Kuwait's political deadlock

Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al Sabah yesterday unveiled a new cabinet following last month's...

Kuwait
  • Aug 5, 2013
  • 2 min read

Egypt military will seek to avoid escalation

International mediators visited deputy Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat El Shater in jail today.

Egypt