Saudi Arabia

  • May 1, 2020
  • 7 min read

New Saudi and Emirati gas finds boost export hopes

Abu Dhabi’s 2030 energy self-sufficiency target is looking more realistic, while Riyadh could free up oil for export

United Arab Emirates
  • Apr 27, 2020
  • 2 min read

Saudi rights reform impact will disappoint all sides

Riyadh has abolished judicial flogging, as well as executions for crimes committed by under-18s

Saudi Arabia
  • Apr 22, 2020
  • 2 min read

Saudi oil failure will have costs at home and abroad

Riyadh's choices only contributed to the oil price drop, but its historic swing producer role worsens the fallout

Saudi Arabia
  • Apr 17, 2020
  • 2 min read

Riyadh may boost spending despite oil income crunch

The kingdom is promising external aid as well as large-scale private sector support

Saudi Arabia
  • Apr 16, 2020
  • 2 min read

COVID-19 could undermine the Gulf foreign labour model

Mass deportation efforts are provoking international criticism

Gulf states
  • Apr 15, 2020
  • 2 min read

Yemen’s Hadi government slips further into irrelevance

Indirect Huthi-Saudi talks are reportedly taking place, despite the manifest failure of a recent ceasefire announcement

Yemen
  • Apr 9, 2020
  • 2 min read

Unilateral Yemen ceasefire will struggle to take root

Saudi Arabia has declared a ceasefire for two weeks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19

Yemen
  • Apr 8, 2020
  • 7 min read

COVID-19 could deepen social cleavages in the Gulf

All GCC states have introduced restrictive measures, which range from the disruptive to the draconian

Gulf states