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  • Counter Terrorism
    Was Syria Different? Anticipating the Next Islamic State

    For counterterrorism officials, one of the most difficult counterterrorism challenges is identifying the next global struggle that, like the Syrian civil war, will energize the world’s Muslims and lead tens of thousands of foreigners to join the fray.

  • Arab 'NATO'
    What’s standing in the way of an Arab NATO?

    An Arab NATO would consist of six Gulf states (Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar) plus Egypt and Jordan.

  • Global Oil Markets
    What’s Happening to the Price of Oil?

    The abrupt retreat, which inevitably brings back memories of the industry-rattling crash in 2014, is a big worry for members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, whose economies are closely tied to oil revenues. Saudi Arabia, the most powerful OPEC member, said on Nov. 11 that it would cut output by half a million barrels a day to bolster prices.

  • Egypt
    With new Egypt capital being built, what becomes of Cairo?

    A city of some 20 million people combining charm and squalor, Cairo may soon witness an exodus by well-heeled residents, state employees and foreign embassies to the New Administrative Capital, as the vast project in the desert is provisionally known. It will be the latest phase in the flight of the rich, many of whom have already moved to gated communities in new suburbs, leaving the old Cairo in neglect and decay.

  • Energy
    Is the fracking boom a sign of America’s move toward oil independence?

    U.S. crude-oil production hit a record milestone in August, when it exceeded 11 million barrels per day for the first time, according to the federal Energy Information Administration. Oil output from one geologic region alone, the Permian Basin in West Texas, has exceeded the output of eight of the 13 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. And U.S. imports of crude oil have plummeted to the lowest level since 1967 (though they have not disappeared).

  • ISIS
    How Did ISIS Get Its Weapons? Europe Wants to Limit U.S. and Saudi Arabia Arms Sales Because Guns Went to Militant Group

    The European Parliament warned that "member states have systematically failed to apply" EU rules when selling arms abroad, and called for "a mechanism to enforce sanctions on EU members that break the rules," according to a press release issued Wednesday. The document cited specific examples of taking measures to cut weapons exports to Saudi Arabia and the United States in order to ensure they were not acquired by banned organizations such as the Islamic State militant group, commonly known as ISIS or Daesh.

  • Israel-Palestine
    Opinion: Will Oman broker Israeli-Palestinian peace talks?

    Palestinian-Israeli relations remain in a political stalemate. In April 2014, Palestinian feuding factions Fatah and Hamas had reached a reconciliation deal and formed a unity government. Israel imposed sanctions on the Palestinian Authority (PA) freezing tax revenues, accusing Abbas of striking a deal with a terrorist entity — Hamas — and halting peace talks with any Palestinian government including Hamas. Israel, however, maintained security coordination with the PA.

  • Nile River
    Will the next Middle East war be about water?

    The authority to police the precious waters of the Nile was granted to Egypt in 1929 through an agreement signed by Egypt and Great Britain, ignoring the other ten riparian countries concerned, which were then under British colonial rule. Another agreement, in 1959, involved Britain, Egypt and Sudan.

  • Global Brands
    Google, YouTube, Samsung are world’s top brands, but how do they do in Middle East?

    Based on more than six million interviews over the 12 months to the end of June 2018, rankings for individual countries, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, were published alongside global results.

  • Tourism
    Can Saudi Arabia Build a Successful Tourism Industry?

    Saudi Arabia wants to lure tourists — and their currency — to the kingdom. The effort is another element of the country's ambitious Vision 2030 reform plan and part of its strategy to bring in more foreign direct investment. The kingdom already hosts millions of pilgrims each year for the Muslim pilgrimage, or hajj, to the cities of Mecca and Medina. But entering the secular tourist trade will be a new experience for the Saudi government, which has previously reserved most of its visas for foreigners coming either to do business or make their hajj.