Gulf alliances start to shift, from Abu Dhabi to Riyadh to Muscat


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Issue 1130 - 15 Jul 2021

The issue leads with an examination of Gulf alliances, as a cooling of relations between Saudi Arabia and the UAE points to the Gulf Co- operation Council (GCC) governments experiencing yet another realignment.

Separate articles look at Oman's relationship with Saudi Arabia and the role the sultanate  could play in bringing the Yemen war to an end.

The issue also looks at Kuwait, where the absence of Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al- Jaber Al-Sabah, who is abroad for medical treatment, is a cause for concern for Kuwaiti insiders at a time of political instability and where the government continues to crack down on dissenting voices.

Defence coverage looks at the agreement between Qatar and Turkey allowing Doha to station a mixed fleet of fighters, transport aircraft and helicopters at the Turkish Air Force Base at Konya in central Anatolia.

Energy sector coverage leads with Saudi Arabia, where Saudi Aramco is pushing ahead with its divestment programme, in a move senior vice president for corporate development Abdelaziz Al- Gudaimi said would happen “irrespective of any market conditions” so the state giant could generate “double-digit billions of dollars”.

Risk management reports focus on Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan. The latter is accompanied by a map which includes oil and gas infrastructure and disputed zones. 

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