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

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

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.

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

• The economic visions of the Gulf states and their approaches to migrants (Asian & Pacific Migration Journal)

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

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

• 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 (The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington)

• GCC 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, 2025 (forthcoming).