Declining Oil and Gas pushes Oman to build an Economy for the Future 11/06/2018 Just last April, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sent a clear message to Oman after adviser Stéphane Roudet and his team visited Muscat for 13 days visit. The team concluded that Oman is a long way from boasting an economy that can one day be self-sustainable without the luxury of oil and gas, and would need to make “substantial” reforms to do so Tags: MiddleEast - migrant workers - Sultan Qaboos - الربيع_العربي
Neutral Oman Braces for Challenges Ahead Amid Sultan’s Ailing Health 05/05/2018 The ruler, now 76, is ailing and has spent months at a time in Germany receiving cancer treatment. Nevertheless, Oman appears destined to maintain internal stability and its global reputation as a peacemaker. This is largely thanks to Qaboos who offered several concessions to protestors at the beginning of the Arab Spring in 2011 Tags: Africa - BarackObama - GCC - houthi rebels - MiddleEast - NorthAfrica - Obama - Qatar crisis - Sultan Qaboos - Trump - USA - war in Yemen - الربيع_العربي