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Middle East regimes will survive lasting instability

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MIDDLE EAST

Regime resilience in the Middle East.

Saudi and wider Gulf renewables push will face hurdles

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SAUDI ARABIA/ GULF STATES

Energy subsidies are a major blockage to wider adoption of renewable energy in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), where pricing bids have recently broken world records. The low…

Beirut’s internal and external pressures will mount

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LEBANON

As a new crisis in relations with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states intensifies and internal sectarian tensions mount, compromise Prime Minister Najib Mikati is pushing ahead…

Saudi purge will quell critics but worry investors

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SAUDI ARABIA

This follows unprecedented arrests of senior princes, ministers and businesspeople in an anti-corruption purge beginning on November 4. The move has alarmed many in the ruling…

Europe's football elites see investors driving change

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INT

As money continues to flow into the sport, raising transfer fees and salaries, off the pitch clubs and leagues face a challenging governance environment, together with the…

US interest in European football continues to grow

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EUROPE

The case, before a court in Madrid, derives from an aborted attempt in 2021 by a dozen of Europe's top football clubs, several with US ownership, to form a breakaway super league…

Expats and Gulf state locals will compete for jobs

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GULF STATES

As the era of high oil revenues comes to an end, the two states are planning for different economies -- with profound impacts on state-society relations and the social contract…

Next-generation Gulf monarchs will set new rules

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GULF STATES

This brings in different perspectives on issues such as economic diversification, social liberalism, Israel and the role of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

Allies will seek reassurance from next US president

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UNITED STATES

Trump's statements on foreign policy have vexed the leaders of countries allied with the United States, particularly NATO members and in East Asia. Both Clinton and Trump have…

Bilateral will dominate Gulf UK and EU trade advances

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GULF STATES

The post-Brexit United Kingdom is eager to conclude economic agreements across the world under its promise to deliver a ‘Global Britain’. The EU wants to increase its visible…