Jeddah's building boom: Jon Gorvett reports from Saudi Arabia.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHEN IT COMES to the Middle East's recent real estate and construction boom, most international attention has been on the lower Gulf states. Yet these days, the other side of the Arabian Peninsula is catching investors' eyes. Saudi Arabia is currently undergoing a...

DTI focuses food exports in Gulf states.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT The Department of Trade and Industry has focused marketing of the country's food exports in the independent Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries such as Dubai in UAE, Doha in Qatar, Manama in Bahrain, and Basra in Kuwait, while taking advantage on these country's proximity...

The absence of grand strategy; the United States in the Persian Gulf, 1972-2005.
9780801887826 The absence of grand strategy; the United States in the Persian Gulf, 1972-2005. Yetiv, Steven A. Johns Hopkins U. Press 2008 250 pages $25.00 Paperback DS63 Yetiv (political science, Old...

The gulf sovereign wealth funds: myths and reality.
The financial world is abuzz with the issue of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs), especially those that have become swollen by oil revenues in the Arabian/Persian Gulf. There are estimates from highly respected banks and consultants that put the wealth of the Gulf SWFs at about $1.5 trillion, (1) increasing...

Indo-Gulf Trade: A basket of opportunities.
The booming Indian economy has become the apple of the eye for the international trading community. Many business gurus believe trade between India and Gulf countries is going to be more favourable than the western countries. The much talked about Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Gulf countries is...

Gulf airlines to lead the world: a variety of factors, not least its "near perfect" geographical location as a hub will project the Gulf region to the forefront of international aviation. Massive expansion programmes are already underway, involving new multibillion dollar orders from the world's leading aircraft manufacturers, with further expansion into the next decade and beyond, very much on the cards.
THE GULF REGION is set to outstrip the US and Europe to become the world's leading centre of aviation within the next decade, new analysis by industry experts indicates. Carriers based in the region, such as Emirates, Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways, Gulf Air and Oman Air, are all expected...

Reform may be lagging behind but progress continues unhindered: a View from the Gulf by Mustapha Karkouti.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TRAVELLING IN GULF Cooperation Council (GCC) countries it is impossible not to be impressed by the sheer volume of progress and rapid changes taking place with varying degrees in a way that makes you wonder how, in such a short transition time, can such countries...

Different this time? Coupled, Decoupled or otherwise, a US economy in recession will have an impact on the GCC. Jeff Black looks at the Gulf's exposure to a US downturn.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "DECOUPLING", THE NOTION that the economies of Europe and emerging Asia have broadened and deepened to the extent that they are impervious to a US downturn or recession, seems now to have been an exercise in boom-time wishful thinking. The plunge in US stocks during...

Dubai: the security dimensions of the region's premier free port.
Dubai is a remarkable success story. From its origins as a small fishing and pearling community, the emirate has gone from strength to strength, having established itself as the premier trading entrepot of the Arabian Gulf and, in more recent years, having boomed into a massive metropolis of some...

IRAN - Jan 13 - Iran Poses Threat To Global Security, Bush Says.
President George W. Bush urges wary Gulf allies to rally against Iran "before it is too late", even as the IAEA announced that the country had agreed to answer outstanding questions about its nuclear programs within four weeks. In an address to government and business leaders in an opulent...