Other Briefings
Gulf Supply Chain Resilience After Hormuz: 2026 Playbook for Businesses
The Hormuz disruption has restructured Gulf supply chain resilience. Businesses are repositioning now on sourcing, inventory, and contracts.
Qatar Foreign Company Boom 2026: Choosing the Right Market Entry Structure
Qatar’s foreign company registrations rose six-fold in 2025. Compare mainland LLC, free zone, QFC, and branch office options to choose the right Qatar market entry structure for your business model and tax position.
How Saudi Arabia Is Strengthening Logistics Resilience and What It Means for Contract Risk
Saudi Arabia is expanding shipping and transport while tightening force majeure rules. Learn how infrastructure growth and legal changes impact contracts and supply chains.
How to Choose the Right UAE Free Zone: Practical Guide for Foreign Investors
Selecting the right UAE free zone enables cost-efficient, compliant, and flexible operations while providing foreign investors with a scalable gateway to expand across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
Saudi Arabia’s Logistics Strategy Keeping Gulf Trade Moving
Saudi Arabia is using crisis-driven logistics strategies to maintain trade flows and strengthen its position as a regional hub, particularly by leveraging alternative corridors beyond the Strait of Hormuz. For businesses, this shift is creating new opportunities in logistics, infrastructure, and supply chain services, while requiring more flexible and regionally integrated operational models.
UAE Exits from OPEC: What It Means for Oil Markets and Energy Investors
The UAE announced its exit from OPEC marks a shift toward market-driven production, increasing short-term price volatility and reducing the predictability of coordinated supply management. For businesses, this means reassessing sourcing strategies, pricing assumptions, and risk exposure as global oil markets become more flexible, competitive, and geopolitically sensitive.
Hormuz Disruptions: Managing Construction Project Risk and Commercial Exposure
Rising disruptions affecting the Strait of Hormuz, are increasing costs, delaying projects, and reshaping risk allocation in construction contracts. Stakeholders must move beyond force majeure and adopt a strategic approach, combining contractual analysis, renegotiation, and practical mitigation measures, to preserve project viability and manage legal and commercial exposure.
UAE Dubai South Free Zone Rolls Out New Incentives: What Investors Need to Know
UAE free zone Dubai South has introduced new incentives, including support for company formation and fee relief measures, to reduce operational costs for free zone businesses. The move reflects intensifying competition among UAE free zones and signals a favorable entry window for foreign investors.
IEA Chief Projects Two-Year Recovery for Middle East Energy Markets Amid Geopolitical and Demand Pressures
The IEA expects Middle East energy markets to stabilize within two years, though short-term volatility remains high due to geopolitical tensions and supply constraints.
Global Shocks Spur Energy Policy and Spending Surge: Implications for the Gulf
Global energy shocks are reinforcing the Gulf’s central role in stabilizing markets while accelerating policy shifts toward diversification and energy transition. For businesses and investors, this creates a dual landscape of short-term opportunities in hydrocarbons alongside growing pressure to invest in resilience, clean energy, and new industrial value chains.
