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Iraqi efforts to curb Iran energy dependence will fail

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IRAQ/IRAN

Failures of Iranian gas and electricity supplies have combined with attacks on pylons and a heatwave to cause severe power cuts in Iraq this summer. In the longer term, Tehran’s…

Prospects for the Middle East in the fourth quarter

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PROSPECTS Q4 2015

Prospects for the Middle East in the fourth quarter.

Prospects for the Gulf states to end-2020

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PROSPECTS H2 2020

Prospects for the Gulf states to end-2020.

Gulf militaries face long battle in Yemen

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GULF STATES

The ten-nation alliance led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has made significant progress since its intervention began in March 2015. A UAE-led ground force…

Deepening Saudi-Emirati cooperation may be divisive

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SAUDI ARABIA/UAE

Saudi-Emirati strategic partnership.

Gulf crisis could erode Omani and Kuwaiti independence

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OMAN/KUWAIT

The standoff is realigning the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) around a hawkish inner core of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain. Kuwait has a useful…

Iran's military set for more aggressive stance in Gulf

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IRAN

Tensions between the Gulf states and Iran have escalated significantly in 2016, in the wake of Iran's signing of a landmark deal in 2015 that brought to an end the decade-long…

Prospects for the Gulf states to end-2017

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PROSPECTS H2 2017

Prospects for the Gulf states to end-2017.

Prospects for the Gulf states to end-2019

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GULF STATES

Prospects for the Gulf states to end 2019

Struggling Mideast states will call on Arab identity

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MIDDLE EAST

The League itself has long been a talking-shop with minimal influence, and Arabism has declined sharply in salience since its heights in the 1960s. Nonetheless, references to…