On March 11, Mark Thompson, professor and author of Being Young, Male and Saudi: Identity and Politics in a Globalized Kingdom, joins Kristin Smith Diwan for a discussion of his work on the generational shift in attitudes of Saudi men.
The Houthis are unlikely to find immediate solutions in their nascent electronic currency, but this financial technology nevertheless serves a political purpose for the rebel group.
The Jebel Ali find promises reduced import bills, improved security of supply, and more gas to boost the economy but will require some clever technical and commercial work to make full use of it.
If current parliamentarians are engaged in economic corruption, as the Guardian Council claims, why does the judiciary not indict those corrupt parliamentarians?
U.S. officials have invited the Palestinians to come up with a counteroffer; Arab and European governments would welcome one that validates their opposition to the Trump plan and continued commitment to the two-state framework.
On February 5, Fareed Yasseen, ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to the United States, examined the recent crises in Iraq, the fallout from the U.S. airstrike that killed Iran’s Quds Force commander Major General Qassim Suleimani, as well as the future of the U.S.-Iraqi relationship. Ambassador Douglas A. Silliman moderated the conversation.
Al Arabiya: Ali Alfoneh commented on Iranian government agencies engaging in money laundering.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Alfoneh discussed the Afghan Fatemiyoun division of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Outreach
University of Central Florida: Robert Mogielnicki spoke on the panel "Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia: The New Middle East," examining the intersection of relations between Turkey, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. Mogielnicki additionally delivered a lecture on the progress of economic reform in the Gulf Arab states to a Middle East political science class at the University of Central Florida.
