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  • U.S. Power and Influence in the Middle East: Part Two

    In this episode, we will trace the story of the last 20 years of heavy U.S. military involvement in the Middle East, identifying lessons learned by U.S. forces, partners, and adversaries after two decades of heightened engagement in the region.

  • Putin’s Power Over Europe’s Energy: EU Wants to Ditch Russian Oil and Gas

    It’s possible, based on IEA estimates, for Europe to cut Russian gas imports by a third or even by half by next winter. That will require more piped gas from Azerbaijan, Norway and Algeria while also buying more shipments of liquefied natural gas and fixing leaky pipeline infrastructure. The last step would also help stem methane emissions, a major source of global warming.

  • Women in business: How empowering women will in turn power our economies

    Every day, barriers are being replaced by opportunity. Cultural limitations are giving way to social transformation. Change and evolution is thriving. Our society rightly recognises that the economy cannot prosper if half the population is on the sidelines. Beyond a corporate objective for organisations, women enablement is being realised as a necessity for our society – an essential means for our continued progress as a strong nation.

  • U.S. Power and Influence in the Middle East: Part One

    Even before the United States had entered World War I, the United Kingdom and France had secretly agreed to divvy up the Middle East between themselves. With isolationist sentiments rising domestically after the war, the United States didn’t push back. As a result, the United Kingdom and France dominated the region for two decades, and when they began to leave after World War II, the United States replaced them, rarely enthusiastically, and often reluctantly. But as the United States plunged into the Cold War, the Middle East was too important to abandon.

  • Three bidders for Saudi Aramco’s Jafurah power and steam project

    The project will be developed under a public-private partnership (PPP) structure, with the successful developer signing offtake agreements for power and steam production. The energy company had set a target of appointing a preferred bidder by April 2022 and to award the contract in July 2022, however this may be delayed following the extension of the bid deadline.

  • Saudi ACWA Power closes $1.3bln debt facility for Red Sea Project

    Saudi Arabian utility developer ACWA Power said on Wednesday it has closed a senior debt facility for $1.30 billion, instead of the $1.33 billion announced earlier. In addition, the facility arranged for a multi-utilities project at the planned billion-dollar Red Sea project will now include Saudi National Bank in the consortium of financiers, the company said in a statement on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul).

  • Why Europe Is Looking to Nuclear Power to Fuel a Green Future

    Not all EU member states rely on gas and nuclear as energy fuels. Several are programmatically opposed to nuclear power, and Europe’s dependence on foreign gas supply is highlighted by the Russia-Ukraine crisis. But the EU is running out of time to decarbonize, its power demand will keep increasing, and the share of nuclear power and gas in the EU energy sector is too great to quickly replace.

  • Inside the Taliban’s return to power

    Mazar-i-Sharif was once the most secular, liberal of Afghan cities. But 20 years of corruption and misrule left it ripe for retaking by the Taliban. Will anything be different this time?

  • IAEA says it is helping Egypt and Saudi Arabia with nuclear power

    International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi told a conference in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday that the organisation is working with Egypt and Saudi Arabia to help them to develop nuclear power.

  • Horse power: The Saudi Cup comes to Riyadh

    Ahead of the 2022 event, the International Grading and Race Planning Advisory Committee have awarded the race Group 1 status. That’s a seriously big achievement for such a new event in the horseracing calendar.