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  • Could There Ever Be a Middle East NATO?

    Anwar Gargash, a senior diplomatic advisor to the Emirati president, said the UAE will not be a part of any defense alliance “that sees confrontation as a direction.” A Middle East NATO, Gargash said, was a “theoretical” concept.

  • Analysis: Will Seoul and Washington make Riyadh nuclear-weapons ready?

    Only weeks before Biden’s visit, Riyadh invited South Korea, Russia, and China to bid on the construction of two large power reactors. On that bid, Korea Electric Power Company (KEPCO) is the most likely winner. KEPCO has already built four reactors for Riyadh’s neighbor, the United Arab Emirates, and is the only vendor to bring a power reactor of its own design online in the Middle East. South Korea also is the only government to provide reliable, generous financing, free of political strings—something neither Moscow nor Beijing can credibly claim.

  • Capacity constraints: Is Saudi oil output nearing its ceiling?

    Any attempt to ramp up output from mature fields through additional enhanced oil recovery methods will require a great deal of planning and execution that cannot be taken on an arbitrary or a short-term basis. Another industry expert told Upstream that oil giants like Aramco cannot always produce to their limits for months at a time, as that can lead to faster declines in the reservoirs and threaten the long-term potential of the oilfields.

  • What is THE LINE?

    What if we could start again? THE LINE rethinks everything we know about how people live, work and play. A 170 km-long vertical city, designed around people, rather than cars. A revolution in urban living. A city that delivers new wonders for the world.

  • What is THE LINE?

    What if we could start again? THE LINE rethinks everything we know about how people live, work and play. A 170 km-long vertical city, designed around people, rather than cars. A revolution in urban living. A city that delivers new wonders for the world.

  • Who is Outsmarting Whom? Khamenei Receives Putin in Tehran

    Russia has historically used Iran as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the United States by commiserating over shared anti-American interests with Iran but ultimately selling Iran’s interests in return for even minor concessions from the United States, which may or may not have been related to Iran. It is therefore no surprise that Khamenei hopes for a “forever war” between Russia and NATO, which makes Moscow less likely to cut deals with Washington over Tehran’s head.

  • Will Lucid Motors’ Saudi Arabian Connection Help Win Them A Big Aston Martin Partnership?

    In its first year in production, EV manufacturer Lucid Motors won the coveted Motor Trend Car of the Year award with its Lucid Air sedan. Although their future appears bright regarding the design and sales of their own vehicles, they may also have a strong market with other automakers coveting their superior technology. One potential partnership that could be a mutual fit because of both companies’ connections to Saudi Arabia is a collaboration with luxury car legend Aston Martin.

  • Will Lucid Motors’ Saudi Arabian Connection Help Win Them A Big Aston Martin Partnership?

    In its first year in production, EV manufacturer Lucid Motors won the coveted Motor Trend Car of the Year award with its Lucid Air sedan. Although their future appears bright regarding the design and sales of their own vehicles, they may also have a strong market with other automakers coveting their superior technology. One potential partnership that could be a mutual fit because of both companies’ connections to Saudi Arabia is a collaboration with luxury car legend Aston Martin.

  • Can Saudi Arabia become a force in the gaming world?

    “[Gaming] is one of the largest and fastest-growing subsectors in the global entertainment sector,” he says. “[Saudi Arabia has] an interest in developing and encouraging a home-grown video game industry that develops not only games that are attractive globally but also those that take into consideration regional themes.”

  • The US is the world’s biggest oil producer — so why do we still need to import crude and ask countries like Saudi Arabia for help?

    Rystad Energy, a private energy research firm, found in a 2020 analysis that Middle Eastern oil fields have the world’s lowest production cost at $31 a barrel. The U.S. produced oil from deepwater wells was at $43 a barrel, with fracking-produced oil costing $44 a barrel.