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As African governments demand more from mineral deals, the Gulf has an opening to turn environmental and social performance into a lasting strategic advantage.
Fatima Husain
As Saudi Arabia and the UAE deepen technology ties with South Korea and Japan, the objective should be to move beyond buying and testing foreign technology. Gulf governments should use their capital, industrial demand, and market access to secure a stake in the products they help develop, and the revenues those products generate abroad.
Elliott Ahn
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.