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Nuclear power could reshape energy use in Gulf

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GULF STATES

Nuclear power development in the Gulf.

China will balance ties between Gulf States and Iran

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GULF STATES/IRAN

In January 2022, a high-profile delegation comprising the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) secretary general and the foreign ministers of four GCC countries (Bahrain, Kuwait…

Trade will tighten Gulf-South Korea relations

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GULF STATES/SOUTH KOREA

Previously, in December 2023, South Korea signed a landmark free trade agreement (FTA) with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), only the bloc’s second with a major…

Qatar crisis may curtail South Asian migrant labour

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SOUTH ASIA

The Qatar crisis has an impact on South Asian migrant labour

Riyadh’s rapid-fire reforms may cause policy overload

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SAUDI ARABIA

The outlook for the Saudi private sector.

India’s Gulf ties will face setbacks in the near term

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INDIA

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…

Gulf growth downsides will drive more competition

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GULF STATES

GULF STATES: Growth downsides will drive competition

Gulf port expansion will boost trade

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GULF STATES

GULF STATES: Port expansion will boost trade

Beirut may miss out on brighter growth prospects

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LEBANON

The wage scale law was cast into question when a contentious tax hike law intended to fund it was annulled by the Constitutional Council on September 22, partly on the grounds…

Added US sanctions on Syria may prove self-defeating

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SYRIA/US

This comes as the US Congress is finalising a bill, the Caesar Act, that would substantially increase the sanctions pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government. As…