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  • Rolls Royce providing PowerPacks to Saudi facility

    Rolls-Royce will supply 12 mtu Kinetic PowerPacks to King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia this summer. The systems, equipped with dynamically rotating kinetic energy accumulators, will be used to provide the university’s supercomputing facility and data center with clean, conditioned, uninterruptible power supplies, acting as the energy backbone.

  • China and US to power 6% global growth in 2021, IMF says

    The global economy is set to grow 6% this year thanks to progress with coronavirus vaccinations and additional fiscal support in the U.S., the International Monetary Fund projected on Tuesday in an updated outlook report. The 6% figure marks a 0.5-percentage-point upgrade from the fund's January forecast, and a brisk reversal from an estimated 3.3% contraction for 2020. Next year, global gross domestic product is expected to expand 4.4%, up from the previously predicted 4.2%, the IMF said.

  • UAE projects power in India-Pakistan reconciliation talks

    After years of growing friction, India and Pakistan in recent weeks have moved towards somewhat of a detente, with a surprising interlocutor reportedly encouraging the two to bury the hatchet: the United Arab Emirates. Emirati involvement in South Asia is nothing new, yet Abu Dhabi appears to be taking a more significant diplomatic role, which analysts say is a chance for the wealthy Gulf country to further project power.

  • Opinion: Focus on Influence, Not Power, in the Middle East

    One example of this approach is the Russian engagement in Syria: determined to prevent Assad’s fall, Moscow committed about 5,000 troops and fewer than two dozen fixed-wing aircraft, but they have no master plan for the country’s future. Similarly, China has masterfully played its Iran relationship to extract benefit from both the United States and Iran, with no long-term vision of what happens to the Iranian nuclear program.

  • Israeli elections: Trump no longer the centerpiece of Netanyahu’s bid for power

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his close relationship with Trump — who was widely popular in Israel — a centerpiece of his campaigns. His Likud party hung a 15-story poster on Tel Aviv's busiest highway showing the two leaders grinning and shaking hands.

  • 6 Powerful Women Transforming the Business World in the GCC

    Mentioned as one of BBC’s most powerful and inspiring women in 2020, Sarah bint Yousif Al Amiri has also made history by leading the mission of launching UAE’s Hope probe to Mars in February 2021. The UAE Minister of State for Advanced Technology and Chairperson of UAE’s space agency made UAE the first Arab country to reach the Red Planet.

  • Militias in Iraq Provide Security, Wield Political Power, and May Be Tearing the Country Apart

    “I think there's two major threats to the country of Iraq right now: One is the PMF” — the military abbreviation for the militia groups — “and two is the economy,” said Lt. Gen. Paul Calvert, the commander of the U.S.-led mission in Iraq and Syria. “Both left unattended is going to erode all the gains that have been made, in my mind.”

  • Global Soft Power Index 2021: Saudi Arabia Ranks 24th

    Saudi Arabia is the second highest ranked nation in the region, behind the UAE, with an overall Index score of 44.2 out of 100 and has simultaneously inched up the Index from 26th to 24th globally. The nation celebrates improved scores across the Familiarity (32nd), Governance (27th) and Culture & Heritage (39th) metrics.

  • Saudi Arabia aims to become a top 20 digital powerhouse by 2030: Deputy telecom minister

    Bassam Al-Bassam, deputy Minister for telecom and digital infrastructure at Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), reiterated Saudi Arabia’s objective to become a top 20 digital powerhouse by 2030. The Kingdom seeks to achieve its objective by working with industry players to develop and adopt more 5G and IoT use cases in new verticals in the Kingdom such as the education, health, and oil and gas sectors, he said.

  • Mideast military power by the numbers

    Which Middle Eastern countries have a quantitative edge? Data provided by the International Institute for Strategic Studies as part of its Military Balance+ project compares select nations and military assets for land, naval and air domains.