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Nasser Saidi

Beirut, Dubai
As seen in: Arabian Gulf Business Insight (AGBI), LinkedIn, Brookings Institution, The Japan Times, Al Arabiya English, Gulf News, LSE Connect, The National, Daily Star (Lebanon), Gulf Business, Project Syndicate and
Economist, adviser & consultant. Interests: #International economics, #Economic Development, #MENA #GCC #UAE #Lebanon #CleanEnergy #ClimateTech
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The war that exposed the Gulf’s infrastructure vulnerabilities

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By Nasser Saidi
| Arabian Gulf Business Insight (AGBI) Verified
The onset of war on February 28 exposed vulnerabilities in the GCC’s highly integrated and concentrated core infrastructure, underscoring that economics are inseparable from physical and technological security. Repairing and rebuilding war-damaged infrastructure requires substantial investment. But the goal must go beyond restoration. Governments and investors should prioritise reconfiguring and reducing risk in infrastructure systems and supply chains to curb exposure to future shocks.
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Rebuilding the Middle East requires not just investment but also financial architecture

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By Nasser Saidi, Dag Detter
| The National Verified
Reconstruction debates usually begin with a funding question: how much money is needed, and who will provide it? Across the Middle East and North Africa, that question is now unavoidable. The latest war has added destruction and disruption to a region already strained by conflict, state fragility, displacement and financial collapse. It has also exposed dependence on vulnerable trade routes, energy corridors, ports, utilities, power and water systems.
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UAE’s leap into energy independence and the new oil order

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By Nasser Saidi, Yara Abi Farraj Verified
| Economy Middle East Verified
The UAE announced it would withdraw from OPEC and OPEC+ this week, after nearly six decades (it joined in 1967). This move will allow the UAE to operate independent of OPEC’s production quotas and fully monetize its massive investment in capacity, targeting 5mn barrels per day (bpd) by 2027—a significant jump from its pre-war level of 3.4mn bpd—enabling the country to become one of the top five largest producers.
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