Gulf states

  • May 22, 2012
  • 10 min read

Gulf energy export dominance at risk over long term

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have the most prodigious energy reserves in the world....

Gulf states
  • Apr 30, 2012
  • 6 min read

Gulf infrastructure spending drives economic expansion

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) governments have boosted spending in the wake of both the global...

Gulf states
  • Apr 27, 2012
  • 7 min read

Yemen's fragile transition keeps civil war at bay

Islamist militants claimed responsibility for yesterday's attack on a gas pipeline in eastern...

Yemen
  • Apr 26, 2012
  • 7 min read

Iran weighs responses to a potential Israeli strike

Israeli Chief of Staff Benny Gantz yesterday reportedly said that he did not believe Iran would...

Iran
  • Apr 24, 2012
  • 7 min read

Turkey shifts sights eastwards as EU relations stall

Turkey has traditionally prioritised relations with Europe, but euro-area stagnation and the...

Turkey
  • Apr 9, 2012
  • 2 min read

Airport showdown highlights fragile Yemen transition

The international airport reopened yesterday, a day after it was forced to close by loyalists of...

Yemen
  • Apr 2, 2012
  • 2 min read

Syria conference edges nearer direct intervention

UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan is to brief the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Syria today.

Syria
  • Feb 15, 2012
  • 7 min read

Dynamics weaken OPEC but its influence will endure

OPEC's current level of oil production accounts for just over 40% of total world supply. While...

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