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  • Perspective: Is the Arab World Realigning? (Audio)

    Abdulla is a longtime professor of Political Science at United Arab Emirates University, was a senior fellow at the London School of Economics, and served as chairman of the Arab Council for Social Science.

  • How Can Saudi Arabia Reform its Public Hospital Payment Models? A Narrative Review

    Government healthcare expenditures in Saudi Arabia continue to rise at a stunning rate. The allocated budget for health and social development has increased from SAR 27 billion ($7.2 billion), 9.2% of the total Saudi government budget, to SAR 159 billion ($42.4 billion), 15.4% of the total Saudi government budget (Ministry of finance, 2020).

  • Sole survivor? Saudi Aramco doubles down on oil to outlast rivals

    The slump in demand for crude during the coronavirus pandemic has forced oil companies to contemplate the possibility that the fossil fuel market has peaked and the time for a global energy transition has come.

  • How much damage can Arab states do to Turkish economy?

    Egypt has been at the forefront of efforts to create a united Arab stance against Turkey, most recently at the Sept. 9 meeting of the Arab League. Whether Arab nations can mount an efficient joint action against Turkey is a question on its own, but the Turkish economy today is too vulnerable to dismiss or absorb large-scale reprisals.

  • How will Qatar′s labor reforms impact South Asian workers?

    Ali Asghar returned to Pakistan from Qatar on September 11 after spending four years in the Gulf state. The 39-year-old, who was part of the 2-million strong foreign workforce in Qatar, told DW he had to work without payment for months. "I was jobless for two years in Doha and lived with my friends. Moving back to Pakistan was not an option because of my country's bad economic situation," Asghar said. "But things were not easy in Qatar also. My employer would not pay his workers for months. We worked at construction sites in abysmal conditions," added Asghar, who is originally from Pakistan's Rawalpindi city.

  • How Big is Iran’s Oil Export Recovery?

    The export estimates of the three tracking firms for September ranged from 400,000 to 1.5 million bpd, reflecting the difficulties in following shipments as Iran and its purchasers try to evade sanctions.

  • Video: How is globalisation in Saudi Arabia impacting its culture?

    Ithra, the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, celebrated Saudi Arabia's 90th National Day on September 23, 2020 with Ana Mohafeth, a new campaign sparking conversation around the country.

  • GCC VAT: which state will come next?

    The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Bahrain have all implemented VAT since signing the GCC VAT Framework in 2016. For the remaining three states of Qatar, Oman and Kuwait, there has been much debate over the most suitable timing for implementation taking into account the stability and strength of the domestic economy, trade, employment and other factors.

  • Can the Oil and Gas Sector Reinvent Itself in a Post-COVID World?

    The energy sector is now only 2.5% of the S&P 500. And Exxon is out of the Dow. These things would have been unfathomable a few years ago.

  • Is Israel-Gulf business ready to take off?

    But for smaller business owners and entrepreneurs, where will the opportunity be? In fact, in many of the sectors in which Israel historically has expertise, the Gulf states have already made significant inroads, so much that the Gulf may be a source of innovation and new business for Israel.