Two desks. Covered properly.
We cover two industries and nothing else, because covering them well takes all of a newsroom's attention. Agriculture leads. Defense is the second desk, reported to the same standard.
Our lead desk
Agriculture
Food security, water, agritech and trade — what the region grows, what it imports, what it costs to get water to a field, and who decides any of it.
- Food security
- Water
- Agritech
- Trade
Second desk
Defense
Procurement, autonomy, aerospace and regional security — reported from the Gulf rather than about it, with the operational line held on every story.
- Procurement
- Autonomy & AI
- Aerospace
- Regional security
Agriculture: what the desk is working on.
The agriculture desk- How much of what the region eats could it realistically grow?
- What treated wastewater could do for farms, and who has to pay for the pipe
- Which indoor-farming models actually make money
- How grain buyers are rethinking where they source from
- What post-harvest handling is doing to farm-gate prices
- Where the next generation of farm jobs comes from
Defense: what the desk is working on.
The defense desk- How much of what is bought is now made in the region
- What offset and localisation commitments turn into on the ground
- Where uncrewed systems are changing training and doctrine
- The sustainment question: who keeps the fleet flying
- Maritime security on the routes the region's food arrives by
- The skills the defense industry cannot hire fast enough