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Israel's strike on Doha and Iran's sustained assault on Qatar and Oman have turned two of the region's few remaining neutral channels into targets. If mediators cannot expect basic protection, the diplomacy every future ceasefire depends on will disappear.
Abdulla Banndar Al-Etaibi
With neither a decisive military victory nor a political settlement in sight, the Middle East is sliding into an open-ended war of attrition that threatens security, trade, energy supplies, and the global economy.
Khalid Al-Jaber
Most of the AI infrastructure the Gulf has built to date is not an engine of independence but an architecture of dependence: sophisticated, expensive, and pointed in the wrong direction.
Muhanad Seloom
As the U.S.-Iran war flares again, commercial transit at the world’s most strategic maritime chokepoint is obstructed once more. Have alternative routes proven successful enough to offset the disruption?
Frédéric Schneider
Understandings between Washington and Tehran, in the form currently on the table, are unlikely to resolve the underlying tensions or bring stability to the region.
Ibrahim Al-Sheikh
Gulf states must pivot more to Southeast Asia to increase their oil exports, as ASEAN’s rising demand for an oil-driven energy transition, its limited appetite for Iranian crude, and longstanding energy ties with the GCC create prime opportunities for Gulf producers.