Derasat Reports are occasional papers comprising research and analysis projects.
Derasat Analyst, Abdulla Isa AlAbbasi, is a co-author of a recent study published by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation and the United Nations Development Programme on "South-South Ideas: Renewable Energy in the Middle East and North Africa Region – Potential and Limits."
China as a strategic partner for the GCC is the focus of a research paper by Mahmood Abdul Ghafffar, researcher at DERASAT, published in the recent edition of the Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
The 60,000 word report was authored by a team of specialist researchers, headed by independent development expert, Dr. Craig Naumann, and featuring three Bahrainis affiliated to Derasat: economist Dr. Omar Al-Ubaydli, economist Ms. Ghada Abdulla, and renewable energy specialist Eng. Abdulla Alabbasi. It covers the period 2005-2018...............
Although renewable energy has proved itself to be a viable practical and economic investment, overall the last 3 years have seen declining investments in the energy sector. Read more in the final Energy Report for 2018......
Although the electric vehicle industry has witnessed significant improvements, particularly in the field of the efficiency of batteries and fast charging techniques, there are still challenges to widespread adoption........
Recognizing that economic integration between Bahrain and the remaining Gulf countries has played an important role in the growth of the Bahraini economy since the start of the new millennium, this background paper to the National Human Development Report 2018 presents and analyzes data on the effects of economic integration.
The Gulf States decided in 2006 to develop a joint nuclear program, but the disastrous meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear reactor in Japan in 2011 prompted Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman to withdraw from the program..........
Demand for electricity in the Arab world has increased tenfold since 1980. The latest Energy Report considers factors contributing to this increase in demand, the most important of which is an increased population and urban and industrial growth ..............
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iranian nuclear deal, marks an important turning point in the strategic balance of the Middle East area, and the Gulf in particular. The geo-political tumult experienced by the region after the Arab Spring in 2011...
In recent years, there has been a growing discussion about the security of sea lanes. This is in light of the fierce clashes with terrorist groups on land, which forced them to target shipping lanes which are the main routes for the movement of world trade.
The Iranian official position intermittently triggers a controversy in the media about the name of the “Arabian Gulf”. The issue is not confined to insisting on marking the Gulf as Persian, but goes beyond the name to include nationalist dimensions and political implications centered on the pursuit of regional hegemony.
The Gulf-Iranian relation was and still is the most controversial issue. This controversy intensified after signing the Nuclear deal between Iran and western countries on the 14th of July 2015.
Despite that signing the agreement on Iran’s nuclear program between Iran and the G-5 countries +1 on the fourteenth of July 2015 was expected, as there were many indications especially from the United States to ensure the signing of that agreement, it has sparked a lot of controversy not because of its content but given its timing and the GCC states views towards it.
The Arab World has been undergoing strategic transformations since 2011. Such changes allowed the GCC states to play a major regional role towards certain crises. However, they have concurrently placed an intricately complex regional environment before the GCC states to deal with, particularly in 2014...
The current world equilibrium is undergoing profound and historical changes that could lead to unexpected outcomes in the strategic international balance of powers. This is obvious in the economic structural problems facing the United States and Europe and their impact on foreign policy, as in the case of the United States changing its defense policy over the next ten years.
Because the hydrocarbon sector is responsible for such a large proportion of the gross domestic product of the GCC states’, maximizing the value obtained from these resources in a sustainable way is essential. In this regard, modeling the energy sector is a key tool for better understanding of the energy markets.
India has strong economic and cultural ties to the West Asia region, including both the GCC countries and Iran. A series of important events, including the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the US invasion of Iraq, the Arab Spring, and the Iranian nuclear deal, are contributing to a new balance of power in the region.
Oil prices have declined significantly since the middle of 2014, causing significant concern among major oil exporters, among the Russia and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE).
China’s Strategy Toward the GCC States: The Challenge of Balancing Interests and Principles
