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Qatar World Cup: An unintended boon for the UAE
Qatar's 2022 World Cup promises to benefit not only itself but also to provide an unintended economic, political, and religious soft power boon for...
How UAE can help South Africa to fight corruption
South Africa and United Arab Emirates have to set a good precedent now. United Arab Emirates has to cooperate and help South Africa to...
India-UAE tourism and education linkages
In spite of the continued uncertainty with regard to the trajectory of the covid19 pandemic, globally, countries are trying to return to normalcy. Significantly,...
Deteriorating Israeli-Russian relations: A cautionary message for the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey
Israel’s rapidly deteriorating relations with Russia contain a message for other Middle Eastern powers: attempting to remain on the sidelines of the conflict in...
Israel’s Ukraine conundrum may have implications for Gulf states
Middle Eastern states see their ability narrow to walk a fine line in the Ukraine conflict. Israel is a case in point as tensions...
US-Gulf divergence: Placing risky bets
Russia's invasion of Ukraine spotlights seemingly widening differences between the United States and its closest Middle Eastern allies, sparking eulogies for an era of...
Always a major Middle Eastern power, Israel now takes centre stage
A straightforward message emerged from this week’s meeting in the Negev desert of the foreign ministers of four Arab countries, Israel and the United...
Middle East Funds will invest $1 Billion in Infrastructure in Argentina
Disbursements will reach US$ 550 million by 2022 and "potentially" another US$ 450 million approval by 2023, reported the Argentine Foreign Ministry. Among the...
Autocratic vs. Democratic Islam = UAE vs. Indonesia
Indonesia has emerged as a primary battleground between democratic and autocratic visions of Islam in the 21st century.
The battle pits Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the...
The Gulf crisis has lessons for Vladimir Putin. Not all may work in his favour
The Ukraine crisis may constitute a more impactful, historic watershed than the 1989 fall of the Berlin wall in the mind of Singapore Foreign...