Gulf Briefing

UAE football operates with a distinct identity, a loyal domestic fanbase, and its own development trajectory. The UAE Pro League (Arabian Gulf League), the...

Saudi Arabia has opened its doors to international tourism in earnest since 2019, and in 2026, the kingdom is one of the most rapidly...

The Gulf Cooperation Council countries are among the world's most significant centres for gold trading, refining, and jewellery manufacturing, and Dubai in particular has...

The Gulf Cooperation Council is simultaneously the world's largest oil-exporting bloc and one of the world's most active investors in renewable energy infrastructure. This...

Kuwait is one of the least-visited GCC countries by international tourists, yet it has real attractions for those willing to look beyond the oil-rich...

Kuwait has one of the highest proportions of expatriate workers in the world, approximately 70% of its population of 4.8 million are non-Kuwaiti nationals....

Saudi Arabia is executing one of the world's most ambitious renewable energy transitions, a country whose entire modern economy was built on petroleum is...

Kuwait may be best known internationally for its oil wealth and sovereign wealth fund, but the country has a rich cultural heritage that stretches...

The Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) was established in 1953, making it the world's first and oldest sovereign wealth fund, predating the concept itself by...

Sport has become one of the Gulf Cooperation Council's most powerful instruments of economic transformation, global brand-building, and soft power projection. What began as...

The GCC startup ecosystem in 2026 is unrecognisable from a decade ago, a region that barely registered on global venture capital maps in 2015...

The Dakar Rally, the world's most gruelling motorsport endurance event, has found its permanent home in Saudi Arabia. Since moving from its traditional African...