The push to increase trade connectivity on the Arabian Peninsula

Abstract

Three Gulf monarchies have been making significant investments to increase maritime trade connectivity – a trend that also extends into the air, land and subsea domains – as part of their broader strategies to strengthen the non-oil sectors of their economies. Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates calculate that as they each develop their infrastructure and appeal as regional shipping nodes and become more embedded in trade networks, their stability and security will become more important to their global partners.