A consultancy dedicated to advancing understanding the GCC and its role in the world. In addition to general economic analysis and policymaking, it has expertise in energy, banking, AI and other key sectors.

Our Gulf research service with GlobalSource Partners provides analysis and data on the region for investors and governments. 

We also have a free LinkedIn newsletter, published every Friday, which includes headlines and a few samples of analysis from the GlobalSource reports.

For information on this service or for consultancy projects, please reach out to Justin Alexander, the Director of Khalij Economics. We are also open to pro-bono engagements that support the well-being of people in the region and improve international relations and understanding.

Justin occasionally publishes reports for think tanks or academia, including:

• How Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds are Preparing for the Energy Transition (A Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Middle East and Asia, edited by Robert Mogielnicki, Palgrave Macmillan). (Video of book launch webinar).

• Aramco and the Saudi Government Budget (Arab Gulf States Institute; co-written with Tim Callen)

• The Global Competition for Talent: How does Saudi Arabia Compare with Gulf and Global Peers? (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung / Gulf Research Center).

• The Economic Visions of the Gulf States and Their Approaches to Migrants (Asian & Pacific Migration Journal).

• The Ukraine Crisis is Vindicating Qatar’s Bold Gas Expansion Strategy (Arab Gulf States Institute).

• The Implications of COVID-19 for the Gulf States’ Development Models (International Institute of Strategic Studies).

• Beyond Building: Private Financing, Ownership, and Management of Gulf Infrastructure (Arab Gulf States Institute).