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UAE-EU CEPA: 27 Deals for the Price of One

UAE and EU launch CEPA talks, deepening trade ties as global power shifts east and multipolar networks reshape world commerce.

Bahrain’s Economic Reforms: On Pause For Now

Bahrain’s economic reforms face delays amid public backlash, risking prolonged deficits while balancing fiscal sustainability.

Ukraine Looks to the GCC at Time of Crisis

UAE-Ukraine CEPA deal slashes tariffs, boosts GDP, and strengthens Gulf ties in key sectors like tech, agriculture, and investment.

A Love Affair: Oman & Britain

UK investment in Oman hits $35bn, driving FDI, tourism, real estate, and trade growth.

The New Middle East: A Region In Flux

Middle East conflicts evolve as U.S. policies, regional power shifts, and external influence reshape global stability.

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Europe’s Nuclear Turn Carries a French Accent

Finland's vote to allow nuclear weapons and Switzerland's push for new reactors both trace back to a familiar French ambition to lead Europe's atomic future.

Iran is Splitting the West Like Ukraine Did

Iran's US-brokered peace deal is laying bare severe fractures across Western diplomacy, as America's transactional alliance calculus finds its second major victim.

Russia Still Wants a Red Sea Anchor

Russia's quest for a Red Sea naval base has fallen silent again, the pause manifesting Sudan's bargaining instincts and Moscow's enduring strategic patience alike.

War Killed Mona Khalil and Erased Decades of Conservation

When a conservationist dies in a conflict zone, the loss is ecological as well as human, and the species she protected have no replacement for her.

What Starmer’s Exit Means for Europe and the Middle East

Keir Starmer's resignation hands Andy Burnham a fragile inheritance, as Britain's standing in Brussels and across the Gulf hinges on what changes next.