Household financing and bank lending has become a hot political issue in Kuwait, where there have been populist calls for the state to pay off…

Saudi Arabia’s giant state-owned oil and gas company Aramco has announced the discovery of two unconventional oil fields, a reservoir of Arabian…

Kuwaitis must be tired of hearing about ‘financial sustainability’. After the new government announced its intention to implement economic and…

When the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the European Union signed a Cooperation Agreement on 15 June 1988, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed…

While hydrocarbons have long been a major source of income for Saudi Arabia, so too has pilgrimage, given that it is the birthplace and nerve centre…

Aramco has long been one of the main pillars of Saudi Arabia's economy. The industry it leads transformed the country into a powerhouse for oil…

The push towards green and away from black is inexorable. In a rapidly warming world, there is no choice but to stop using the finite and filthy…

Late last month, China’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Chen Weiqing, noted that nearly 90% of the free trade negotiations between Beijing and the Gulf…

Founded in 1981 by Gulf intellectuals from the region, the Gulf Development Forum was dedicated to tackling various issues that impact development…

National oil companies rose to prominence in the economies of the Arab World in the 1960s and the 1970s, when governments took full control of them…