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Saudi stability will enable economic progress

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SAUDI ARABIA

The move follows its second initial public offering in June, when it raised more than USD12bn, which helps boost the government's accounts and the country's sovereign wealth fund…

Rabat’s maritime sector will help geopolitical aims

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MOROCCO

Existing conditions facilitate this: the country's open economy is highly dependent on foreign trade, it enjoys access to Mediterranean and Atlantic routes and ongoing…

Prospects for the Middle East in the third quarter

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PROSPECTS 2015 Q3

Prospects for the Middle East in the third quarter.

Rabat’s wins will harden Sahrawis’ independence drive

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WESTERN SAHARA

These developments are strengthening those segments within the Polisario Front (PF) -- the Sahrawi independence movement -- that are calling for intensified military efforts…

Warmer US ties will not draw Cambodia away from China

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CAMBODIA

He met top officials including Prime Minister Hun Manet; Senate President Hun Sen, Hun Manet’s father and predecessor and still the leader of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party…

Oman will strengthen security amid Gulf tensions

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OMAN

With an ageing head of state, Oman must prepare for a post-Sultan Qaboos era, with some of its key policies at odds with those of other Gulf governments.

Moroccan-French ties are heading for a thaw

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MOROCCO/FRANCE

MOROCCO/FRANCE: Ties are heading for a thaw

Rabat will carefully manage positions on the Gaza war

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MOROCCO

MOROCCO: Government will carefully manage Gaza war

Morocco will consolidate its grip on Western Sahara

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MOROCCO

France has joined the United States, Israel and Spain in backing Rabat, tipping the diplomatic balance further in Morocco's favour. This is to the detriment of Algeria, the…

Morocco will press on with its outreach to the Sahel

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MOROCCO

During that meeting, discussions focused on a Moroccan proposal to grant these landlocked countries access to the Atlantic Ocean. The proposal hints at a transactional…