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The energy sector underperforms its potential owing to chronic leadership instability, endemic corruption and stifling bureaucracy. Despite this, Algeria has experienced a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284070
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The lack or unreliability of water supplies has emerged as a major political challenge in Iran, sparking repeated protests throughout 2018.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB242589
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Turkey has long been the key player in Iraqi Kurdistan's oil and gas sector, facilitating oil exports and offering gas transit. However, the Kurdish referendum, coupled with…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB222256
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The impact of the sanctions Russia imposed after Turkey shot down its warplane on November 24.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210287
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Doha is boosting the liquidity of the QIA, its sovereign wealth fund (SWF), using some of its high fiscal surplus. The SWF is in the midst of a period of portfolio rebalancing, by…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282269
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This included a five-year suspended sentence for the company's former CEO, Mohamed Meziane. Sonatrach's leadership has been undermined by a series of local and international…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB208231
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Indirect negotiations with the United States over a mutual return to the 2015 nuclear deal are facing delays while the transition team of President-elect Ibrahim Raisi moves into…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262791
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Reports suggest progress on several issues, including the mechanism for paying civil servants’ salaries. The possibility that the war will wind down opens the question of whether…
Having largely overcome the economic impact of the regional boycott, Qatar is doubling down on efforts to attract inward investment. At the same time as seeking foreign…