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July 23, 2023
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Upcoming Event
Book Talk – The UAE after the Arab Spring: Strategy for Survival
July 25 | 10:00 - 11:00 am EDT | Online
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On July 25, AGSIW will host a discussion with Khalifa Al Suwaidi, moderated by Hussein Ibish, on the United Arab Emirates' transformation after the Arab Spring.
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Publications
The Growing Battle for South Yemen
Gregory D. Johnsen

Now that the war against the Houthis appears to be nearing an end, the head of the Southern Transitional Council is making his move to push for Southern independence.
A Smaller Saudi Population Puts Key Economic Indicators in a More Favorable Light
Tim Callen

Labor market data from the 2022 census is still to be published but once released could have important implications for the central goals of Vision 2030 given the recent large downward revision to population estimates.
Openness Critical for Reform-Focused GCC Countries
Robert Mogielnicki via Henley & Partners

Efforts to enhance global connectivity, especially through greater openness to visitors, remain at the center of development agendas in the reform-focused Gulf Cooperation Council countries.
Mapping Tribes: Ottoman Spatial Thinking in Iraq and Arabia, c. 1910
Nada Ammagui via Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association

The production of Ottoman territoriality through spatially conceived domestic management practices was closely linked to inter-imperial competition and boundary contestation in the early 20th century.
AGSIW in Arabic
التنافس الإيراني-السعودي يتراجع والدبلوماسية الإقليمية تتقدم
  السفير وليام رويبوك


يؤكد النشاط الدبلوماسي الكبير في الآونة الأخيرة على الثقة الخليجية المتزايدة حيث تناور دول المنطقة لتحظى بالنفوذ والتأثير والتركيز على اقتصاداتها المحلية
أردوغان: الحليف المنفعي
  هشام ملحم


تركيا هي عضو في حلف الناتو، ولكنها لا تتصرف كدولة حليفة بالمعنى المتعارف عليه، ولا تتصرف كصديق وكشريك حقيقي دائم لواشنطن
Iran’s Morality Police Resurrected?

The July 21 edition of the Iran Media Review examines reactions to the return of Iran’s morality police and the renewed enforcement of the compulsory hijab.
Iranian Scholar on Russia’s Support for the UAE’s Territorial Claim

The July 18 edition of the Iran Media Review highlights a scholar’s call for realism in Iran’s dealings with Russia and China.

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