Great Expectations: The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor
The institutionalization of the Gulf-India partnership through the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor has solidified India’s shift away from Iran and toward the Gulf states.
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GCC Grid Infrastructure and Connectivity – An Electrifying Vision
The Middle East could become the center of an electric spider’s web, but such dreams face massive challenges.
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Smart and Sustainable: The Gulf Goes All in on Tech Cities
Saudi and Emirati leaders hope smart cities will be the key to advancing their countries’ global status in smart technology and sustainability while also developing the means to diversify their economies away from oil.
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Is Riyadh’s Mukaab Compatible With Saudi Arabia’s Climate Ambitions?
It is difficult to reconcile Saudi Arabia’s vision for sustainability with The Mukaab in its current form – but it’s not too late for a course correction.
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Major Initiatives Fuel Riyadh’s Development Ambitions
Riyadh has charged back into the development limelight in recent months, highlighting the capital’s central role in Saudi Arabia’s ambitious economic transformation agenda.
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A New Opportunity for the Basra-Aqaba Pipeline?
While the Basra-Aqaba pipeline project promises economic, energy, and security benefits for Iraq and Jordan, high costs and political and security risks pose huge feasibility challenges.
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Basra-Turkey “Dry Canal” Project: Ambitious Vision or Pipe Dream?
With the Al-Faw Grand Port and broader “Dry Canal” corridor project, Iraq aims to become a transportation hub between Asia and Europe. However, formidable political, security, financing, and feasibility challenges make for a rocky road.
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Investing in Geography: Will the Saudi Bid to Become a Logistics Hub Pay Dividends?
With more than 1,400 miles of coast overlooking two of the busiest global shipping routes and a unique geographic position connecting three continents, Saudi Arabia has placed logistics at the core of its economic diversification agenda.
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Building a New Urban Identity: Revitalizing Kuwait City
There is a disconnect between Kuwait City’s history and the current spatial reality, but moving forward, the city can reshape itself to better mirror the identity of its people.
The Next U.S. Administration to Confront a Middle East of New Partnerships, New Tensions, as the End of History Repeats Itself
No matter who wins the White House in November, the United States may increasingly have to manage crosscutting divisions in the existing world order.
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