Trade between the economies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and North East Asia (NEA) reached $471 billion in 2013, based almost entirely on oil and gas. The GCC sends 44 percent of its exports to NEA, which depends on the GCC region for a very high proportion of its oil imports. Trade relations are otherwise very limited: the GCC takes only 3 percent of NEA’s exports.
Authors
Ziyad Alfawzan
Senior Research AnalystZiyad is a Senior Research Analyst at KAPSARC focusing on energy demand modeling. He has also worked on developing a…Ziyad is a Senior Research Analyst at KAPSARC focusing on energy demand modeling. He has also worked on developing a macroeconometric model of Saudi Arabia. He is currently on sabbatical to undertake an M.Sc. in operations research.
Research AssociateSadeem Alhosain is a research associate in the Energy Information Management team focused on energy and demographic changes, energy information…Sadeem Alhosain is a research associate in the Energy Information Management team focused on energy and demographic changes, energy information management and data portal development. She is an economic data specialist on Saudi Arabia, the rest of GCC countries, India and China. Sadeem is an expert in data availability, data sources, data transformation, and data quality levels for research use. She is building the KAPSARC energy data portal and insight apps development.
Research FellowNader is a research fellow at KAPSARC. His research interests include development economics, economic modeling, and natural resource economics. He leads…Nader is a research fellow at KAPSARC. His research interests include development economics, economic modeling, and natural resource economics. He leads a project exploring the role of sovereign wealth funds in promoting economic diversification in oil-dependent economies. Nader holds a B.Sc. in operations research, an M.Sc. in applied mathematics and computational science, and an MBA in finance.
Expertise
Sovereign wealth funds; natural resource economics; economic modeling
Trade between the economies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and North East Asia (NEA)…
26th July 2020
Shahad Alarenan
Senior Research AnalystShahad is a senior research analyst in the Energy Systems and Macroeconomics team, with a research focus on econometric energy…Shahad is a senior research analyst in the Energy Systems and Macroeconomics team, with a research focus on econometric energy modeling.
Program DirectorBrian Efird is the program director for Policy and Decision Science and a senior research fellow. He manages a multidisciplinary,…Brian Efird is the program director for Policy and Decision Science and a senior research fellow. He manages a multidisciplinary, multinational team of researchers whose global program of work focuses on the nexus between geopolitics, domestic and local politics, and energy. Fundamentally, the team examines the non-economic factors that impact energy markets and energy policy. This includes quantitative models of collective decision-making processes (CDMP), geospatial information system (GIS) applications, the energy policymaking process, and country-specific studies. Dr. Efird is managing editor of the journal Energy Transitions. He was previously a senior research fellow at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.; a consultant on defense and international security matters in Washington; and a consultant applying quantitative models to support corporate, investment banking, and legal negotiations in New York.
Dr. Efird received his M.A. in International Studies and Ph.D. in Political Science from Claremont Graduate University.