The government of Saudi Arabia has allocated upwards of $500 billion for an infrastructure project called Neom in the middle of the Arabian Desert.
Passport Island: Man-made border crossing station between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
Passport Island is a man-made island along a causeway between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, one of the shortest land borders in the world.
Israel/India Flights: Circuitous routes based on diplomatic tensions
Until recently, flights from Tel Aviv to India were required to take a circuitous route around “unfriendly” countries to reach their final destinations. Recent improvements in diplomatic relations have improved this significantly.
Nahwa & Madha Enclaves: A country in a country in a country
We are in the northern regions of both the UAE and Oman and charting a very peculiar border phenomenon – enclaves