Ongoing events in and around the energy sector highlight the uncertainty over the extent to which the 2020 decline in oil demand turns out to be structural rather than cyclical.
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Kuwait: women, politics and perceptions
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailBattling sexism, double standards and an election system weighted against them, Kuwaiti women continue the fight for equal rights despite being shut out of parliament.
Yemen’s migrant crisis hits the headlines
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailA devastating fire in a migrant holding camp draws attention to the desperate situation of African migrants seeking to use Yemen as an entry point to Saudi Arabia and other GCC states.
NATO in Libya: ten years on, a time for reckoning
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailNATO’s intervention in Libya’s civil war was instrumental in the defeat of Muammar Gaddafi but it caused civilian deaths for which there has been no accounting.
Winds of change in the Middle East
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailWarm diplomatic currents from the White House are stimulating frenetic diplomatic activity from the Mediterranean to the Gulf; on the Yemen war front Saudi Arabia turns to Turkey for drones to try and turn the tide.
Once more around the block
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailAs Israel braces for another election, Benjamin Netanyahu has succeeded in tying his Jewish opponents up in knots whilst hamstringing the Arab Joint List and angering Jordan.
MENA EV auto sector revs up
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailSaudi Arabia once again dips into its Public Investment Fund to back a US electric car maker.
Gulf Investors and the Sunak budget
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailWealthy Gulf investors see opportunities in the Rishi Sunak budget.
Sisi in Sudan
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailAs Sudan continues to wind its way towards democracy, the growing accord between Egypt and Sudan is producing a new framework for bilateral relations.
Airwars: bearing witness in Iraq, Libya and Yemen
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailWe conclude our look at the Airwars 2020 Report on civilian harm caused by air and artillery attacks with Iraq, Libya and Yemen.