Gulf Monitor
Gulf Monitor
Castlereagh’s Gulf Monitor provides an insight into key developments in economic diversification, monetary and fiscal policy, social policy and foreign relations in line with the collective ambitions of GCC states to change their economies, yet preserve their systems of governance.
Also housed on this page is the Market Watch collection by Karen E. Young, who has followed and mapped closely the GCC states’ policy response since 2015. It is an authoritative guide to understanding policy formation, reaction and hydrocarbon reliance in the GCC in the last five years.
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The Irony of Kuwait’s Economic Reform Agenda
On October 16 2016, Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah dissolved Parliament, citing concerns about security and finances in an era of reduced oil revenue.
For Saudi Economic Reforms, Timing is Everything
This post is part of an AGSIW series on Saudi Vision 2030, a sweeping set of programs and reforms adopted by the Saudi government to be implemented by 2030.
Gulf States are Torn Between Economic Sense and Military Ambition
There is a certain irony in the Arab Gulf states’ rising power across the Middle East and North Africa.
The Economic War in Yemen
Oil revenue and debilitated financial institutions weaken recovery hopes.
The Gulf’s Entanglement in Egypt
If experience is any guide, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s management of the Egyptian economy is in for a rough ride.
Falling Gulf Megafirms Leave Workers Broke and Stranded
Construction labourers from India and the Philippines in the Gulf are facing lay-offs without pay or access to food and way back home.
The Korean Connection
There is an important, and unexpected, interlocutor in Saudi-Iranian relations right now.
GCC Sovereign Debt in a Low Yield World
There is talk of a Japanese contagion in global capital markets.
Regional Integration, Teachable Moments and the Politics of Fear
The politics of integration across sovereign boundaries can be precarious, even fickle, as Brexit illustrates.
Smart(er) Money in the Gulf
Fiscal retrenchment has consequences on deployment of Gulf capital.
This Time We Mean It: Staying the Course on Economic Reforms
This post is part of an AGSIW series on Saudi Vision 2030, a sweeping set of programs and reforms adopted by the Saudi government to be implemented by 2030.
Saudi’s Summer of Anticipation
This post is part of an AGSIW series on Saudi Vision 2030, a sweeping set of programs and reforms adopted by the Saudi government to be implemented by 2030.