UAE and Jordan Sign AED 2.7 Billion Economic Partnership as GCC-Arab World Integration Accelerates
The UAE and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan have signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) valued at AED 2.7 billion in immediate trade...
India-UAE CEPA Two Years On: Non-Oil Bilateral Trade Reaches USD 90 Billion Milestone
Two years after the India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) entered into force in May 2022, bilateral non-oil trade between the two economies reached...
GCC Currencies in 2025: Dollar Peg Stability and the Case for Monetary Union
The question of GCC monetary union has been debated by economists and policymakers for decades without resolution. Yet the underlying logic — combining dollar-pegged...
Kuwait Investment Authority: The World’s Oldest Sovereign Wealth Fund and Its Strategy
The Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), established in 1953, holds the distinction of being the world's oldest sovereign wealth fund — predating most modern institutional...
GCC and the Evolving World Trade Order: How Gulf Nations are Navigating Global Shifts
The GCC countries have been among the most active pursuers of bilateral free trade and economic partnership agreements in the world over the past...
