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Expert briefing
Publication date: 18 April 2016

Many producers, facing budgetary pressures because of low oil prices, support output restraint, but they need to act in concert. Russia and Saudi Arabia have offered a freeze…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 30 August 2017

Prospects for Gulf Arab sovereign wealth funds.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 28 February 2024

The IMF has revised downwards its forecast for Saudi GDP growth in 2024 to 2.7% but raised its 2025 forecast to 5.5%. This reflects a positive medium-term outlook for the Gulf…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 29 November 2018

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…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 1 April 2020

From US contractors in Iraq and Russian mercenary groups in Syria, to Gulf states’ ‘foreign legions’ in Yemen and multiple Iranian proxy militias, national armies no longer…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 7 September 2023
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Saudi-Emirati relations will be tense

Current animosities are driven by competing economic plans and ambitions for regional leadership. Encouraged by a changing geopolitical environment, strong finances and solid…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 13 August 2021

The political status of the deal has been impaired by the departure from office of two of its architects, former US President Donald Trump and former Israeli Prime Minister…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 June 2020

Indian nationals are struggling to maintain jobs in the Middle East as GCC states contend with historically low oil prices as well as the economic fallout of the pandemic. Gulf…

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