Qatar

  • Nov 13, 2014
  • 2 min read

Qatar could easily absorb loss of football World Cup

FIFA's statement on corruption allegations makes it more likely that Qatar will retain the 2022 World Cup

Qatar
  • Nov 6, 2014
  • 7 min read

Prospects for the Gulf states in 2015

The Gulf states will face rising domestic fiscal pressures and regional volatility in 2015

Gulf states
  • Nov 5, 2014
  • 2 min read

Gulf economies can ride out lower oil prices

The sharp decline in oil prices is likely to see significant fiscal adjustment by Gulf energy exporters

Gulf states
  • Oct 9, 2014
  • 1 min read

Middle East activism will expand as conflicts multiply

Middle East activism will expand as conflicts multiply

Middle East
  • Oct 9, 2014
  • 2 min read

Middle East activism will expand as conflicts multiply

Interventionism is on the rise as regional actors seek to shape the new geopolitical order to their own agendas

Middle East
  • Sep 29, 2014
  • 7 min read

Qatar infrastructure boom can ride out World Cup risks

The emirate is managing one of the world's largest and most intensive roll-outs of new infrastructure

Qatar
  • Sep 25, 2014
  • 7 min read

UAE will increasingly assert power in new Middle East

The Gulf state views Islamists and Islamism as a threat to national security and to its interests in the wider region

United Arab Emirates
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • 12 min read

Prospects for the Middle East in the fourth quarter

The rivalry among Gulf states will set the political tone across the Middle East in coming months

Middle East