Dossier
India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)
Coverage of India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) in the Nexus archive.
- How Israel's dream of being the Middle East's trade hub is unravelling
Gulf powers are developing trade corridors to bypass Israel, undermining its regional trade hub ambitions. Projects like the revived Hejaz railway and UAE-Syria-Iraq routes replace the stalled India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), which relied on Israel's Haifa port. Political tensions, physical threats, and Haifa's limited capacity have derailed IMEC, shifting trade routes to Gulf-led alternatives.