Summary: the Gulf states are seeing Washington through far different eyes than Washington is seeing them. America is playing from an old playbook, without realising that the game has changed and nowhere is this more clearly highlighted than by Putin’s war against Ukraine.
Summary: with less than a month to go before the launch of the World Cup, Qatar has reacted with fury to criticisms in Western media.
Summary: with less than a month to go before the launch of the World Cup, Qatar has reacted with fury to criticisms in Western media.
Summary: an international investigation into an art trafficking ring has entangled several leading museums including the Louvre Abu Dhabi.
Summary: an international investigation into an art trafficking ring has entangled several leading museums including the Louvre Abu Dhabi.
Summary: the kingdom received much favourable publicity when it announced major reforms to labour laws and the kafala system but the reality is little has changed and exploitation and abuse remain rampant.
Summary: the kingdom received much favourable publicity when it announced major reforms to labour laws and the kafala system but the reality is little has changed and exploitation and abuse remain rampant.
Summary: ahead of the 2022 World Cup, the detention of a Kenyan migrant worker activist by the Qatari authorities has set alarm bells ringing.
Summary: the GCC may be dealing with the pandemic but COVID-19 hasn’t altered the economic challenges facing the Gulf, rather it has reaffirmed them.
Summary: the Qatar vs. four dispute drags on. Labour reform. A dress rehearsal for the 2012 World Cup.
