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The Rise of Co-Living Spaces: A Trend Reshaping Dubai’s Real Estate Landscape
Dubai is seeing a big change in how people choose to live, with co-living spaces becoming more popular. These modern living arrangements combine the...
The Shifting Sands of Middle East & Gulf
The power struggles in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) and the Gulf region, have transpired into political quagmires, over the years. The...
Off the Gaza coastline, Arab states rush in where the US fears to tread
As US military ships set sail to build a port off the coast of Gaza, the world remains baffled at the superpower’s inability to...
A Game of Leverage: De-constructing Chinese & Indian Soft Power in the Gulf
Authors: Anmol Rattan Singh & Tejvir Bawa*
The art of creating leverage, seemingly a structural apparatus, lies in the discrete unobtrusiveness of intent. While much...
UAE banks limit business with Russia and Russian clients
Banks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have restricted their dealings with Russia and started closing both personal and business accounts due to the...
UAE restricts US ability to launch retaliatory airstrikes against Iran proxies
Some Arab countries, including the United Arab Emirates, are increasingly restricting the U.S. from using military facilities on their soil to launch retaliatory airstrikes...
The UAE is a bridge builder punching above its weight
In a world of divisions and disputes, being a bridge-builder is a premium attribute. Nowhere was this more apparent in 2023 than in the...
Azerbaijan and the UAE have elevated their bilateral relations to a strategic level
UAE President Seikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan paid his first official visit to the South Caucasus to Azerbaijan on January 9. This visit...
Catching flack: Qatar’s Gaza mediation is a balancing act
A high-flyer at the center of efforts to negotiate temporary pauses and Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swaps, Qatar is catching flack for its relationship with Hamas...
The UAE walks an ever-tightening geopolitical tightrope
The United Arab Emirates walks a geopolitical tightrope, juggling big power rivalries and mounting regional instability fuelled by the Gaza war.
This week’s visit by...