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Middle East Desk

Middle East

Sovereign wealth, diplomacy and the long Gulf transformation.

20 articles · Updated daily

Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on sovereign wealth deployment from the Manama deskLead Analysis · 20 Jun 2026

The Quiet Repricing of Sovereign wealth deployment, and Why It Matters

Officials and allocators in Manama are quietly repricing assumptions around sovereign wealth deployment. THE WORLD NEWS examines the institutional shift and its medium-horizon consequences.

By Henrik Vossberg6 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on domestic infrastructure from the Muscat desk
Briefing19 Jun 2026

What Domestic infrastructure in 2026

By Yusra al-Mansouri · 7 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on energy diplomacy from the Kuwait City desk
Briefing17 Jun 2026

How Energy diplomacy Across Three Continents

By Rashid al-Khalifa · 8 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on mediation politics from the Cairo desk
Briefing16 Jun 2026

Inside Mediation politics Under Pressure

By Marcus Halberg · 9 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on gigaproject delivery from the Amman desk
Briefing14 Jun 2026

Mapping Gigaproject delivery Reshaping Global Allocators

By Camille Verhoeven · 10 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on tourism economics from the Beirut desk
Briefing13 Jun 2026

Behind Tourism economics After the Pivot

By Elena Rostova · 11 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on banking liberalization from the Baghdad desk
Briefing11 Jun 2026

The New Architecture of Banking liberalization Beyond the Headlines

By Henrik Vossberg · 12 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on defense procurement from the Tehran desk
Briefing10 Jun 2026

Decoding Defense procurement at Sovereign Scale

By Yusra al-Mansouri · 6 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on labor reform from the Ankara desk
Briefing8 Jun 2026

The Hidden Logic Behind Labor reform in the Post-Plateau Economy

By Rashid al-Khalifa · 7 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on capital market deepening from the Tel Aviv desk
Briefing7 Jun 2026

Why Capital market deepening Through an Institutional Lens

By Marcus Halberg · 8 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on trade corridor from the Ramallah desk
Briefing5 Jun 2026

The Quiet Repricing of Trade corridor, and Why It Matters

By Camille Verhoeven · 9 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on gas export strategy from the Damascus desk
Briefing4 Jun 2026

What Gas export strategy in 2026

By Elena Rostova · 10 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on Red Sea security from the Sana'a desk
Briefing2 Jun 2026

How Red Sea security Across Three Continents

By Henrik Vossberg · 11 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on Gulf integration from the Tripoli desk
Briefing1 Jun 2026

Inside Gulf integration Under Pressure

By Yusra al-Mansouri · 12 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on green hydrogen from the Tunis desk
Briefing30 May 2026

Mapping Green hydrogen Reshaping Global Allocators

By Rashid al-Khalifa · 6 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on fintech licensing from the Algiers desk
Briefing29 May 2026

Behind Fintech licensing After the Pivot

By Marcus Halberg · 7 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on sovereign branding from the Rabat desk
Briefing27 May 2026

The New Architecture of Sovereign branding Beyond the Headlines

By Camille Verhoeven · 8 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on logistics ambitions from the Riyadh desk
Briefing26 May 2026

Decoding Logistics ambitions at Sovereign Scale

By Elena Rostova · 9 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on industrial localization from the Abu Dhabi desk
Briefing24 May 2026

The Hidden Logic Behind Industrial localization in the Post-Plateau Economy

By Henrik Vossberg · 10 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on strategic dialogue from the Doha desk
Briefing23 May 2026

Why Strategic dialogue Through an Institutional Lens

By Yusra al-Mansouri · 11 Min Read