Soutie arabia has 35 million people, and about two thirds of them are citizens. To spend more money on targeted subsidies going to poorer families here represents a tiny fraction of what the government is going to earn. The gulf states really would be wiser, i think, to focus on areas where they have a competitive advantage,. things like clean energy, dhe salination.
A conflict smouldering since a war in 2020 has again caught alight; Azerbaijan may feel emboldened by a distracted Russia and its own energy prospects. Gulf countries are swimming in piles of unexpected, oil-derived cash: we ask whether they will sock it away or splurge on citizens and pet projects. And why many Lebanese couples are choosing to wed online.
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