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Kuwait's budget shows how political populism is keeping the country at the mercy of oil prices

Another dizzying surge in state spending, not least on a rising number of government employees, raises doubts on the sustainability of the country's finances just as other oil economies are changing

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 13 March 2023

An investor monitors a screen displaying stock information at the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange June 25, 2014.

Gulf Major Indexes Advance As Oil, Global Markets Recover

A tentative return of risk appetite to global stock markets and rebound in oil prices at the end of last week helped lift major Gulf equities, though they remained vulnerable to rate hikes and demand…

11 September 2022

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz. SPA

A New Saudi Arabia in the New Middle East

For better or worse, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is rapidly transitioning into a new geopolitical structure, with new centers of influence and diverse agendas of individual and…

Dalia Ziada 18 February 2022

Oman Vision 2040

In the last few decades, economic diversification has been a top priority of all the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Even prior to the drop in oil prices in mid 2014, their leaders…

Yasmine El Geressi 28 January 2019

Rabbi Marc Schneier: Humanity Must Evolve from Loving Your Neighbor to Loving the Stranger

Marc Schneier is founding rabbi of the Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton Beach, New York and founder and president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding. He received his rabbinical ordination…

Mostafa El-Dessouki and Joseph Braude 30 November 2018

Trump’s Agenda in Riyadh

[caption id="attachment_55253632" align="aligncenter" width="5403"] Saudi Arabia's King Salman(R) sits next to an interpreter during a meeting with US Defence Secretary James Mattis (L) in Riyadh on…

Majalla 17 May 2017

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China doubles down on Africa with its zero-tariff policy

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