UPDATE: AGSIW is now hosting this event completely virtually. Please join the conversation on March 25 and take part in the Q&A with the panelists via Zoom.
On March 25, AGSIW will host an online panel discussion examining Gulf defense and security partnerships with regional and global powers.
Russia may be able to withstand more pain from the collapse in oil prices than other producers, but cooperation in global energy markets is only one pillar of Russian-Gulf ties.
Discussions over establishing an e-sports free zone in Dubai reflect the high-growth potential of competitive online gaming across the broader Gulf region.
Yemen LNG, the country’s largest industrial project, has been inactive for nearly five years. Both political and gas market volatility threaten to keep it that way.
تزعزعت العلاقات الروسية-الخليجية جراء فشل اجتماع أوبك بلس. وهدد الجانبان بإغراق السوق بمزيد من النفط، لمعرفة من الذي سيتأثر أولًا من أضرار انخفاض أسعار النفط
إن أبرز ما كشفه الوباء هو تخبط إدارة ترامب للأزمة، حيث تعامل مع فيروس كورونا وكأنه لا يمثل خطراً صحياً واقتصادياً، وقلل من أهمية هذا التحدي، الذي أوحى انه خدعة اخرى يقف ورائها الحزب الديموقراطي
On March 11, Mark Thompson, professor and author of Being Young, Male and Saudi: Identity and Politics in a Globalized Kingdom, joined Sultan Althari and Kristin Smith Diwan for a discussion of his work on the generational shift in attitudes of Saudi men.
On March 10, AGSIW hosted a briefing with Kate Dourian, Robin Mills, and Robert Mogielnicki analyzing recent tensions within the alliance of OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers, OPEC+, and the ensuing oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia. Raymond Karam moderated the discussion.
Bloomberg: Robert Mogielnicki commented on the implications of Abu Dhabi-based hospital chain NMC Health Plc’s accounting scandal on future transactions and investments in the United Arab Emirates.
VOA: Hussein Ibish discussed the cease-fire deal between Russia and Turkey in Syria’s Idlib province.
TVO: In an interview, Ibish considered the future of U.S. foreign policy and engagement.
