Qatar

  • 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
  • 7 min read

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 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
  • May 14, 2014
  • 11 min read

Gulf drive to reduce unemployment faces obstacles

Omani businesses have voiced concerns that new restrictions on foreign workers will damage the...

Gulf states
  • Apr 29, 2014
  • 12 min read

Syrian civil war 'endgame' will build on local truces

President Bashar al-Assad announced yesterday that he will stand for a further seven-year term in...

Syria
  • Apr 21, 2014
  • 2 min read

Gulf security deal reduces risk of escalation

Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, the Qatar-based cleric at the centre of the dispute, yesterday issued...

Gulf states