UAE – Asia Times

US-Venezuela oil deal deepens China’s energy security squeeze

by Jeff Pao September 1, 2026September 1, 2026

A landmark oil agreement between Washington and Caracas threatens to cut Chinese refiners off from a cherished source of discounted crude, handing the United States greater sway over global oil prices. US President Donald Trump announced on August 28 that the US had reached what he called the biggest oil deal in world history with […]

US sanctions on Iran are right but wrongly sequenced

by Eric Alter August 31, 2026August 31, 2026

Iran is losing the war but winning what comes next

by Eric Alter June 4, 2026June 8, 2026

The cold, hard realism of Saudi hedging

by Leon Hadar May 7, 2026May 11, 2026

UAE-Israel ties useful but nowhere near a Middle East reset

by Leon Hadar May 4, 2026May 7, 2026

Old and new Gulf faultlines exposed by Iran war

by Toby Matthiesen May 2, 2026May 6, 2026

What alternatives do Gulf states have to the Strait of Hormuz?

by David B Roberts May 1, 2026May 4, 2026

Will UAE’s exit spell the end of OPEC?

by Adi Imsirovic April 30, 2026May 1, 2026

UAE’s OPEC exit signals new global oil order

by Charles Wang April 29, 2026April 29, 2026

Strategic autonomy or ambiguity? India’s Gulf dilemma

by Raghu Gururaj April 18, 2026April 24, 2026

China tech companies going gangbusters in the Gulf

by Chenjie Song April 13, 2026April 16, 2026

Hormuz blockade driving a Gulf logistics revolution

by Damyana Bakardzhieva April 3, 2026April 3, 2026

What Iran’s Amazon data center attacks reveal about modern war

by Dennis Murphy April 2, 2026April 6, 2026

CIA Kurd play could trigger balkanization of Iran

by Andrew Korybko March 5, 2026March 9, 2026

Trump’s theology of trophy-hunting as applied to Iran

by Bill Emmott February 1, 2026February 4, 2026

Gulf states seeking growth still hostage to regional chaos

by David Mednicoff September 11, 2025September 13, 2025

Israel-Iran war: Why Gulf states want no clear winner

by Mira Al Hussein June 24, 2025June 27, 2025

Frugal innovation upside in a high-spend, high-tech age

by Tanya Filer and Narayanappa Janardhan May 16, 2025May 16, 2025

Trump bags Middle East deals, just not the two he wants and needs

by Shahram Akbarzadeh May 15, 2025May 20, 2025

What Trump expects to get from his Gulf tour

by Asher Kaufman May 13, 2025May 16, 2025

The battle for Syria’s future is far from over

by Bahauddin Foizee December 9, 2024December 10, 2024

A Saudi Arabian woman in hijab breathes deeply at a local beach. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

13 million ‘missing’ women sinking Gulf economies

by Amr Saber Algarhi and Konstantinos Lagos September 21, 2024September 21, 2024

The Abraham Accords are not about Palestinians

by Hussain Abdul-Hussain September 17, 2024September 17, 2024

Dubai a fitting host for the climate circus

by Sonali Kolhatkar December 13, 2023December 13, 2023

Can COP28 make real progress on climate change?

by Robin Mills December 2, 2023December 2, 2023

China ties to UAE AI firm G42 catch CIA’s attention

by Jeff Pao November 30, 2023December 6, 2023

A Middle East guide to closing the climate gap

by Gedaliah Afterman, Narayanappa Janardhan and Mohammed Baharoon November 25, 2023November 25, 2023

The flags of the BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – ripple in the breeze ahead of the summit. Photo: iStock

UAE’s BRICS move shows global role of middle powers

by Nickolay Mladenov September 1, 2023September 1, 2023

Chipping away at US dollar dominance

by Joseph Dana July 26, 2023July 26, 2023

Dubai may be guide as Japan copes with more immigrants

by Xiaochen Su June 25, 2023June 25, 2023

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