Despite beginning as a regional policy and being strongly encouraged by international organizations like the IMF, the VAT in the Gulf is becoming an increasingly country-focused initiative.
For the Gulf Arab states, renewables could contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions while also supporting economic goals of meeting increasing domestic energy demand and creating jobs.
لا تزال التوترات في الخليج تتنامى وسط احتجاز إيران ناقلة نفط تجارية. وتأتي مصادرة الناقلة العراقية بعد أسبوعيْن من إطلاق المواقف عقب احتجاز القوات البحرية التابعة للحرس الثوري الإيراني ناقلة بريطانية في 19 تموز/يوليو بسبب عدم امتثالها للقواعد البحرية الدولية
Iranian cryptocurrency developers have created a blockchain platform, IranRescueBit, to facilitate aid donations in Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin — a move that threatens to undermine sanctions at the center of the Trump administration's "maximum pressure" campaign.
Senior Resident Scholars Kristin Smith Diwan and Hussein Ibish spoke to an audience of foreign affairs professionals in the Near East/North Africa Area Studies seminar at the Foreign Service Institute.
