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  • Will the ailing Turkish economy bring Erdogan down?

    Erdogan is facing growing warning signals that his idiosyncratic approach to running Turkey’s $765bn economy is not working. While economic growth looks good on paper, it has not translated into jobs. Inflation reached almost 20 per cent in September, and the currency is losing value. A decade ago it cost around 1.8 lira to buy a single dollar; today that figure is almost 10.

  • A Middle East Quad? Scope for synergies, but divergences over Iran

    The four countries can cooperate in areas like maritime security, infrastructure and, given the Abraham Accords, there is space for trilateral economic cooperation between India, the UAE and Israel.

  • What does climate change tell us about ancient Saudi Arabia?

    Climate change and the threat it poses to all life on Earth is a problem most people would associate with the modern world. But to a team of international archaeologists working in Saudi Arabia alongside the Saudi Heritage Commission, climate is central to understanding the mysteries of half a million years' of human evolution, including mankind's early migration from Africa to the wider world.

  • Is India Abandoning Iran for a Middle Eastern Quad, or Merely Signaling China?

    The talks initially began as a trilateral U.S.-Israel-UAE meeting on October 13 in Washington that focused on the Abraham Accords and Iran’s nuclear program. Another meeting was held virtually five days later, this time with India participating as a fourth member. Although India’s relations with Tehran have been bogged down by the impact of U.S. sanctions and commercial disputes, involving key projects such as the Chabahar Port railway and Farzad-B gas field, India nevertheless views Iran as an important partner.

  • “Jeddah not ready in time?”: Concerns arise over the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as officials are in a race against time to get the circuit ready for Formula 1

    Formula 1 journalist Rosanna Tennant paid a visit to the under-construction circuit recently. Pictures posted on her Instagram story show us that there are still tons of work to do before FP1  on 3rd December.

  • Where are the biggest investments in climate tech?

    Between 2016 and September 2021, venture capital investment into climate tech companies in the US surpassed $48 billion, according to a new report released today (Oct. 26) by not-for-profit London & Partners and Dealroom.co, a data provider on startups. China was a distant second, with VCs spending $18.6 billion.

  • Analysis: A net-zero Saudi Arabia? Not so fast

    Saudi Arabia will become a test case of how to ramp up electrification, with massive solar projects and targets for renewable power production. If the kingdom can also become a site for solar panel production, it might be a market leader in both the construction and operation of solar power across a wide swath of the Middle East and Africa, the most important growing market for energy demand.

  • Opinion: Where to now for Saudi-Iranian dialogue?

    However, Saudi Arabia cautioned their Iraqi guest during his visit as previous talks with consecutive Iranian governments all failed because the acts of the regime and its security apparatus, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), violated their spirit.

  • Is Saudi Oil Still Important? Interview with David Rundell.

    New industries won’t turn Saudi Arabia into South Korea, but they don’t have to. They need only make the Saudi welfare state more sustainable and, in that regard, they have a reasonable chance of success.

  • Aside from Saudi, UAE, how is the GCC faring with oil production?

    Population growth in developing countries will ensure oil is the world’s number-one source of energy until at least 2045, when coal will still comprise almost 1/5th of energy demand, and only 1 in five cars on the roads will be electric. Fossil fuels’ combined share of the energy mix is forecast to fall to 70% in 2045 from 80% last year, but that will still mean an overall increase in oil and gas production.