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  • What does Saudi Arabia’s autonomous vehicle agenda mean to the rest of the world?

    Saudi Arabia has set aside $500bn to invest in the economic zone of Neom, a smart city that will be built from scratch and where inhabitants will get around by using fully autonomous vehicles (AVs). While it is certainly a significant project, the systems being developed for the Neom megacity are still in the design phase, with many details either not yet decided or not communicated to the public. Leading the effort to develop the AVs in Neom is Syrian-born Nahid Sidki, who spent more than 30 years honing his skills in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics in the US. Sidki recently left his position as executive director for the robotics centre at Stanford Research Institute to apply his knowledge to projects in the Middle East.

  • Will Business Travel Ever Return to Normal?

    The end of business travel as we know it might have more to do with the innovations developed to replace it rather than any longstanding fears of contagion (the current Delta variant notwithstanding). Yes, we are talking about Zoom, but also the many other videoconferencing tools that business travelers have adopted in the past 18 months to replicate the interpersonal dynamic as much as possible.

  • Analysis: Will Saudi Arabia and Iran Make Peace Over Yemen?

    Two archrivals in the Middle East seem to be making surprising progress in rebuilding relations. This could possibly help end the war in Yemen, and prove to be the most dramatic step in a wave of de-escalation in the region. In 2020, negotiations between Saudi Arabia and Iran began quietly with three informal but substantial meetings involving senior security and intelligence officials from Riyadh and Tehran. A fourth round was reportedly held on September 21 at Baghdad international airport, with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi playing host to the head of Iran’s national Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, and the Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir. Afterwards, Saudi Arabia — the more cautious party — designated them official direct talks.

  • How much is the clean tech industry worth?

    By 2030, in IEA’s net-zero scenario, the size of the global market for clean tech surpasses the value of the oil market, rising from $122 billion to $870 billion. That increase is driven primarily by explosive growth in the market for batteries to store energy for electric vehicles and the electric grid. By 2050, IEA projects, batteries alone could be worth as much as oil will be worth in 2030.

  • Rocking down to Electric Avenue? Good luck charging your car

    Like the roll out of fibre optic cable for ultra-fast broadband, urban on-street charging using solutions which include lamp post chargers or even wireless, will cost billions. Solutions like Trojan's are expensive because they require grid connections. And because there are not yet enough EV owners to ensure a quick return, they are 75% subsidized by Britain's government.

  • How Can Expats Show Foreigners Vaccine Status In Saudi Arabia?

    The Department of Civil Aviation said in a statement that “Expats should adopt one of two ways to find out about the vaccine status of foreigners residing in Saudi Arabia.” The first way is for the incoming foreigner to prove their vaccination status through the Tawakalna app. The second way is to show the vaccination report in the country through the ‘Qadoom’ platform.

  • ‘Do You Know How to Snowboard?’: Saudi Arabia Tries Out for Its First Winter Olympics

    While each member of the all-male squad has some winter sports experience, it’s rarely in the discipline they’re looking to qualify in. Some have competed at the school level, but most hit the slopes relatively late in life—and then often just during family vacations abroad.

  • Is climate change policy to blame for energy price spikes?

    But the global effort to fight climate change is also causing problems. Europe’s wind farms haven’t seen a good breeze in months, and droughts in China and South America have dried up power generation from hydro dams. Meanwhile, surging prices for carbon pollution credits in Europe have made fossil alternatives even more expensive, and Chinese grid operators have come under mounting political pressure to help the country meet its carbon emissions targets by burning less coal.

  • A New U.S. Weapons Exports Policy: Transformed or Simply Revamped?

    A new Conventional Arms Transfer policy based on human rights could have a major impact on the global arms trade and U.S.-Gulf relations, but questions remain as to whether recent announcements will lead to concrete policy shifts.

  • Libya: credible elections – or another failed bid at nation-building?

    Libya’s hopes of ending a decade of political chaos with credible elections at the end of this year for a president and new unified parliament have reached a defining moment, with the US insisting the vote should go ahead but some European diplomats fearing divisions are too entrenched for the result ever to be accepted as legitimate.