Saudi Arabia

In the heat of the Gulf summer, Dubai closed a deal to build solar power plants that will produce renewable energy at the world’s lowest production cost, 5.98 U.S. cents per kilowatt-hour. Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, or DEWA, the emirate’s utility provider, created a very competitive tender at a propitious moment in energy pricing....

The reaction of the Arab Gulf states to Russia’s sudden and dramatic escalation in Syria is moving beyond rhetoric and into actions. How far countries like Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and others – along with non-Gulf countries in the Middle East that are also adamantly opposed to the continuation of the...

As early as March, oil and gas producing countries from Angola to Saudi Arabia began selling assets to offset declining energy prices. Foreign exchange reserves were the first to go, as Saudi Arabia sold about $60 billion of its dollar reserves before the end of the second quarter of 2015. Next were bond issues, mostly...

Panelists discuss the economic relations between the Arab Gulf States and global powers such as China and Iran and other parts of the world, including the Balkans.

On Tuesday, October 6, AGSIW Executive Vice President Ambassador Stephen Seche testified in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a hearing on “The U.S. Role and Strategy in the Middle East: Yemen and the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.” In his testimony, Seche stated: On the face of it, the newfound assertiveness...

On September 22, AGSIW hosted a panel discussion on the prospects for a political solution to the conflict in Yemen and how to tackle reconciliation and reconstruction in a post-conflict scenario.

Saudi Arabia is directly and indirectly waging a war on practically all fronts, whether declared or not. In doing so it has the moral and practical backing of many of its fellow Gulf Arab governments and of its principal defense and security ally, the United States. To its north, Saudi Arabia has conducted airstrikes in...

Despite the heterogeneity of interests and perspectives among the six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), they share a broad consensus on the nuclear deal agreed to by major powers and Iran. This common position was expressed in the joint statement issued by GCC foreign ministers and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry...