Advancing Stability and Opportunity in the Middle East and North Africa
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Economic Pressures and the Stability Equation Across MENA
The World Bank’s April 2025 economic update focused specifically on the weakness of MENA’s private sector as a constraint on…
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Yemen at the Ten-Year Mark: Economic Collapse, Humanitarian Crisis and Diminishing Prospects for Peace
Ten years after the Saudi-led coalition intervened to restore the internationally recognised government, Yemen remains fractured, impoverished and caught between…
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Saudi Arabia’s Diversification Gamble: Progress, Pressures and the Road to 2030
Saudi Arabia has spent the better part of a decade attempting to reshape the fundamental structure of its economy. Under…
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Libya’s Oil Revival and the Fragile Politics of Production
Libya’s oil sector has staged a remarkable recovery in 2025, with production climbing back toward 1.3 million barrels per day,…
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Iraq’s Pipeline Paralysis: The Baghdad-Erbil Oil Dispute and Its Mounting Costs
For more than two years, the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline linking northern Iraq to Turkey’s Mediterranean export terminal has sat idle. The…
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After the Twelve Days: The Israel-Iran Ceasefire and the Remaking of Middle Eastern Security
Two months after the ceasefire that ended the Twelve-Day War between Israel and Iran, the Middle East is grappling with…
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Egypt’s Stabilisation Tightrope: IMF Progress, Suez Losses and the Limits of Reform
Egypt entered the second half of 2025 with its macroeconomic stabilisation programme showing tangible results, though the foundations remain fragile.…
