Gulf Briefing

Food security is among the highest-priority strategic concerns for GCC governments, and the region's commodities strategy reflects an acute awareness of vulnerability. With limited...

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), one of the world's largest energy companies, is executing the most ambitious capacity expansion in its 50-year history....

Oman's property market has evolved considerably in recent years. A clearer foreign ownership framework, several quality integrated resort developments, and Muscat's growing population have...

Oman offers one of the most comfortable and relatively affordable expatriate lifestyles in the Gulf. While not as cheap as some Southeast Asian or...

The Gulf's oil and gas industry extends far beyond extraction, a sophisticated downstream petrochemicals sector converts hydrocarbons into plastics, fertilisers, industrial chemicals, and specialty...

The Gulf Cooperation Council's relationship with the Olympic movement has evolved dramatically over the past three decades. From minimal participation at the earliest Games...

Gold has been a store of value and cultural symbol of wealth across the Arab world for millennia, and the GCC's position as a...

The Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD) is one of the most ambitious development projects in Oman's history, a new industrial city and deep-water...

Across the GCC, clean energy investment is accelerating at a pace that would have been unimaginable five years ago, driven by falling solar costs,...

Oman's banking sector is well-capitalised, prudentially regulated, and well-positioned to support the country's Vision 2040 diversification programme. With a consolidated Central Bank, a growing...

Oman is increasingly recognised as the Gulf's most authentic and unspoilt tourism destination. Where other Gulf countries have built spectacular modern cities, Oman has...

Qatar's 2022 FIFA World Cup was the defining event in Gulf football history, and its legacy is reshaping not just Qatari sport but the...