26-29 September: Affordable Housing Development Summit Middle East, Manama
27-28 September: Unconventional Gas, London
3-5 October: Middle East Investments Summit 2010, Dubai
3-6 October: SWPF - Saudi Water & Power Forum 2010 Conference & Exhibition, Saudi Arabia
3-7 October: Funds Forum Middle East, Bahrain
4-6 October: POWER-GEN Middle East 2010, Doha, Qatar
10-12 October: The 3rd annual Saudi Arabia International Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference, Dammam
11-12 October: Unconventional Oil 2010, London
12-14 October: Offshore Middle East 2010: The 3rd Annual Offshore Middle East Conference & Exhibition, Doha
18-19 October: Maghreb/Middle East Renewable Energy Conference, Marrakech
24-27 October: MENA Mining Congress 2010, Dubai
26-28 October: Iraq Mega Projects 2010 Conference & Exhibition, Istanbul
27-28 October: Gas to Liquids 2010, London
21-23 November: Private Equity World MENA 2010, Dubai
29 November-1 December: Iraq Petroleum 2010 Conference, London
6-8 December: Smart Grids Middle East, Dubai
Briefings & Reports
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Need an expert briefing to support an investment decision?
GSN’s team of experienced analysts are often called on by governments and their agencies, financial institutions, and energy companies to comment on developments in the Gulf region. Our analysts are available for private briefings (either by telephone or in person) and can produce tailored reports and research on a range of topics and issues. For more information contact Mark Ford. Email:mark@cbi-publishing.com
Politics, succession & risk in Saudi Arabia report
Politics, succession and risk in Saudi Arabia is a GSN special report, published in January 2010. The new report analyses Saudi policy on issues including succession, domestic and regional politics, defence, energy and financial trends, and features extensively researched biographical entries on 1,200 Al-Sauds from the ruling family’s main branch, together with profiles of leading cadet branch businessmen, and a range of maps and graphics.
Read more about the report
Islamic Finance Report
Published in June 2009, this GSN report is an essential reference tool for both newcomers, and well-established bankers and practitioners. Read more
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announcements
Politics, succession and risk in Saudi Arabia
GSN’s new special report Politics, succession and risk in Saudi Arabia was launched to great acclaim at a 15 January seminar in London hosted and co-organised by Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa Programme. Senior figures from the banking, insurance and risk sectors joined industry and governmental political risk analysts for a frank roundtable discussion of the issues raised by a report that was recognised by discussants – who included Exeter University Professor Gerd Nonneman, political scientist Neil Partrick, Saudi academic Mai Yamani and Chatham House’s Maha Azzam and Claire Spencer – as a significant piece of research and analysis, which “raised the bar” for those researching the Kingdom. Read more about the report
The report is available to GSN subscribers for £175.
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Issue 884 - 3 September 2010
YEMEN
Centcom looks to the long-term as it plans security assistance to Yemen
As James Mattis settles in as the new head of US Central Command, one of his first major regional strategy reviews is US security assistance to Yemen more
Border and coast guard programmes
The United States is continuing to support a number of border security initiatives in Yemen. more
SAUDI ARABIA
Pay rise for military
The Kingdom is to increase army pay, following military engagement in Yemen and a rise in the cost of living. more
IRAQ
Operation New Dawn: challenges facing the new US mission in Iraq
Operation Iraqi Freedom ended on 1 September after more than seven years of US ‘combat operations’ in Iraq. GSN marks the occasion by analysing the new US military mission, Operation New Dawn more
Tricky transition from Defence to State
One of the remaining military tasks for US Forces Iraq (USF-I) is to enable the operations of the last 16 Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) that the State Department operates in Iraq. more
Defending Iraq: how the US can offset domestic, external threats
An unspoken aspect of the remaining US presence in Iraq is Washington’s option of defending Iraq against major foreign or domestic threats. more
Issue 883 - 27 August 2010
REGIONAL
BlackBerry ban threat
Saudi Arabia and the UAE have threatened to ban certain encrypted features of Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM)’s BlackBerry mobile phones because they hinder efforts to counter terrorism and crime, the two countries argue. more
Issue 882 - 30 July 2010
IRAQ
Iran is the focus as Iraq builds heavy divisions and lines up procurement deals
Although the aftershocks of Iraq’s post-Saddam brush with state failure continue to be felt across the country, Iraqis are moving on to new concerns – including a growing apprehension about the actions of its powerful neighbours more
Iraqi procurement has regional impact
Concern about the regional military/security balance is emerging as an important driver of Iraqi policy – as is reflected in the government’s pattern of procurement more
Ukraine wins big in Iraqi procurement
Ukraine has successfully stalked the Iraqi defence market for decades, cutting sanction-busting deals with Saddam Hussein and later leveraging its role as a post-Saddam contributor of forces to the ‘Coalition of the Willing’. more
SAUDI ARABIA
Fox and Morin lose Saudi meetings
British defence minister Liam Fox’s planned three-day visit to Saudi Arabia in late July was called off at the last minute because no senior Saudi government official was around to meet him. more
From tense Basra and Baghdad to ‘relaxed’ Anbar: Iraq’s security outlook as US withdrawal looms
With the 31 August deadline looming for the withdrawal of US combat forces in Iraq, GSN has visited locations across the country to conduct a wide-ranging assessment of the security situation and the likely impact of withdrawal. We asked what the drawdown would mean on the ground and whether the Iraqi Security Forces will cope. more
The unique case of Anbar
Across Iraq the Iraqi Security Forces are less motivated by a need to defeat the remaining cadre of militants. more
Implications of US drawdown
Many parts of Iraq are already operating in a post-US mode, and some have done so for years, as the above observations reveal. more
UK/REGION: Mayall tour
UK deputy chief of defence staff Lieutenant General Simon Mayall was in the Gulf region in early July for meetings. more
UAE
UAE: Joint defence committee with US
Senior military and government officials from the US and UAE have concluded the first meeting of the UAE-US Committee on Defence Strategies and Policies. more
YEMEN
YEMEN: Coastguard base on Miyoun Island
Yemen is building a coastguard base on Miyoun island in the Bab Al-Mandab strait to protect traffic in the crucial shipping lane that links Europe and Asia. more
SAUDI ARABIA
Special court head removed
Al-Watan newspaper has reported that the authorities have removed the president and two other judges of the security court where trials are ongoing for hundreds of suspected Islamist militants. more
