The issue leads with a focus on Oman where reforms are bedding in after two difficult years during which Sultan Haitham Bin Tariq has had to establish his legitimacy and cope with fiscal pressures and the challenge of Covid-19 – GSN analyses the trends and profiles some of the key players, including an Al-Said family tree.
Politics coverage includes a look at relations between Bahrain and Qatar and a focus on the new Yemen Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) - GSN provides profiles of the council members.
Finance and business coverage leads with Saudi Arabia where Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) is increasingly active in the private sector, from electric vehicles to construction.
Two Risk Management Reports cover the UAE (Federation and emirates)
The GSN View focuses on Kuwait's perpetual political standoffs and the impacts these intra-family and societal squabbles for power have on slowing the pace of economic reform and efforts to overcome troublesome social divisions.
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