Publications

This paper puts the attempts by Gulf Arab states and Iran to launch large-scale development programs into historical and comparative context.

The international oil market has undergone a paradigm shift since the advent of cutting-edge technology used in the development of nonconventional shale oil in the United States.

This paper examines personal status law in the six Gulf Arab states, and the limitations PSLs impose on women’s autonomy and the role of women within the family.

Can the GCC states that are most anxious for a change in Russian policy toward Syria and Iran do anything to encourage such a shift?

This report introduces kinship politics in the Gulf Arab states with an explanation of the origins of kinship-based governance in the region.

The very least that the Gulf states can consider acceptable as an outcome to the Syrian conflict is the limitation of Iran’s ambitions in the Arab world and the regional containment of Tehran.

Over the next few years, the growth prospects of Islamic banks in the GCC will depend on how they respond to a period of economic slowdown caused by low oil prices and consequent fiscal deficits.

In recent years, Gulf states have undertaken steps to promote national identity and inculcate a stronger sense of national belonging that ties citizens to the state and its leadership.