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Saudi-Iraqi rapprochement will proceed gradually

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IRAQ/SAUDI ARABIA

Last month, Saudi Arabia pledged to link Iraq up to its national grid to help address electricity shortfalls. Indeed, after years of frozen ties, Saudi Arabia has recently stepped…

Iraq’s hydrocarbon prospects at risk from politics

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IRAQ

Resurgent interest from international oil companies (IOCs) in upstream investment offers an opportunity to accelerate development of Iraq’s underexploited oil and gas reserves but…

Prospects for Iraq to end-2019

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PROSPECTS H2 2019

Prospects for Iraq to end-2019.

Electricity trade in the Middle East will grow slowly

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MIDDLE EAST

Cross-border electricity trade in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has historically been very limited, and mostly confined to quantity-based balancing and small amounts of…

Iran will develop more ballistic and cruise missiles

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IRAN

The Paveh might be the next generation version of the Quds, which was used in the attacks against Saudi Aramco facilities in 2019. Iran proclaims a 2,000-kilometre limit on its…

Prospects for the Middle East in the third quarter

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PROSPECTS 2015 Q3

Prospects for the Middle East in the third quarter.

Iraq’s Sunnis will vie for post-election relevance

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IRAQ

Both minorities complain the draft budget does not allocate sufficient funds to their areas. Sunni lawmakers are also concerned about the ongoing displacement of their…

After Islamic State, Middle East fissures will deepen

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MIDDLE EAST

The salafi-jihadist group has lost almost all the territory it formerly held in Iraq and Syria. The recent attack on a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai also significantly reduced its local…

Iran-Saudi Arabia tensions will increase instability

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IRAN/SAUDI ARABIA

This followed a marked intensification of hostile verbal exchanges between Iranian and Saudi officials and religious leaders in the weeks leading up to the annual pilgrimage to…

Middle East socioeconomic trajectories are negative

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MIDDLE EAST

Lower global oil prices contributing to new tensions in both oil-producing and oil-importing countries.