United Arab Emirates

  • Oct 30, 2020
  • 2 min read

OPEC+ plans may see Kuwaiti-Emirati-Iraqi pushback

Saudi Arabia and Russia increasingly look to oil production constraints beyond January 2021

Kuwait
  • Oct 29, 2020
  • 2 min read

Oman may seek a precarious Qatari-Emirati balance

Doha has provided financial assistance to the struggling sultanate, raising questions over regional neutrality

Oman
  • Oct 19, 2020
  • 12 min read

Next-generation Gulf monarchs will set new rules

Power is shifting to a younger cadre, albeit unevenly; Kuwait’s new emir is twice as old as the emir of Qatar

Gulf states
  • Oct 16, 2020
  • 2 min read

Gulf real estate markets face sharp, sustained decline

Property-dependent Dubai is using innovative means to tempt back expatriates during the pandemic despite a lack of jobs

Gulf states
  • Oct 13, 2020
  • 2 min read

Gulf-Israel thaw will entail regional adjustments

As Israeli-Emirati relations warm up, the split with Qatar is a complicating factor

Gulf states
  • Oct 9, 2020
  • 7 min read

UAE policy drivers will be US alliance, Turkish enmity

Abu Dhabi has recalibrated its foreign policy since mid-2019 in response to setbacks over Yemen, Libya and Qatar

United Arab Emirates
  • Sep 23, 2020
  • 7 min read

China will ultimately set Gulf Arab ties above Iran

Despite an increasingly binary US regional approach, Chinese partnerships are pragmatic and inclusive

Iran
  • Sep 16, 2020
  • 2 min read

Palestinian aims will falter after Gulf-Israel accords

The new treaty calls for an unspecified “just, comprehensive, realistic” Israeli-Palestinian solution

Palestinians