After years of missed economic opportunity, Syria’s oil reserves in the north-east are once again a strategic option for Damascus following a…

The ceasefire negotiated between the US and Iran may still be holding. But the prospect of the all-important Strait of Hormuz trade artery reopening…

As regional tensions intensify and maritime traffic remains disrupted, the Strait of Hormuz challenge is compelling Gulf states to rethink the…

More than just a sensitive waterway, the Strait of Hormuz has become a test in recent weeks of the Gulf’s economic model. For decades, Gulf oil and…

If the Strait of Hormuz closure has exposed one reality, it is that Gulf states can no longer afford to depend on a single maritime passage. In that…

In a speech in Riyadh in May 2025, US President Donald Trump appeared to criticise his White House predecessors, including fellow Republican…

As the US-Israeli war on Iran deepens into a protracted and volatile standoff, its economic fallout continues to grip the global economy, with Europe…

The 1,300 or so islands scattered across the waters and along the coast of Saudi Arabia are far more than small pieces of land encircled by the sea…

The Israeli-Lebanese negotiations that were launched on 14 April in Washington, DC, were the first of their kind in many years. They took place under…