The Arab world entered 2024 in crisis.There are ongoing military conflicts in Gaza, Sudan, and the Red Sea. There is civil strife in Syria, Yemen,…

Arab investment funds have faced scrutiny over a relative lack of investment in their home region for decades, with the sovereign wealth funds of oil…

The Arab world faces real economic challenges, chief among them is that its reliance on oil revenues and universal welfare systems is not a long-term…

When the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries met in Doha on 5 December 2023, the horrifying events in Gaza overshadowed the talks…

Jordan is an Arab country with some of the deepest links with Palestine, leaving its economy among the most exposed to the shockwaves from the war in…

Israel's war on Gaza has highlighted how much of the Arab world has lacked economic development – and real peace – since the Nakba (catastrophe) in…

Economic reform is a hot topic in the Arab world, amid wider global changes, not least the move away from fossil fuels creating a need for…

Ideas about independent development and self-sufficiency spread through the Arab world as colonial rule from Britain or France ended in the mid-20th…

In ancient times, Iraq was called ‘Mesopotamia’ – the land between the two rivers. This ancient land had a far more advanced and developed…

Lebanon and the Gulf have long shared political and economic ties – perhaps even predating the establishment of Greater Lebanon, more than a century…