On March 29, AGSIW and the National University of Singapore’s Middle East Institute will host a panel discussion with Karim Elgendy and Aisha Al-Sarihi examining the Arab region's positions on climate change. Clemens Chay will moderate the discussion.
On Thursday April 7, AGSIW will host a discussion with Umer Karim, Simon Mabon, and Karen E. Young examining the complex interactions between the Gulf Arab states and the countries of the Horn of Africa. Robert Mason will moderate the discussion.
This first World Defense Show in Riyadh captured a moment in time when the kingdom’s economy, its international relations, and particularly its strategic relationship with the United States all seem to be at a turning point.
With the announcement of a new corporate tax, Emirati officials aim to demonstrate fiscal strength without disrupting the country’s image as an investment hub.
With an escalating economic crisis and its repercussions narrowing Erdogan's leverage in domestic politics, Turkey’s president is taking bold steps in foreign policy.
High and rising energy prices — driven in part by geopolitical tensions — have improved the immediate fiscal conditions across the region’s oil- and gas-producing countries. The economic outlook in these countries is largely positive, but a high degree of uncertainty will weigh heavily on growth prospects over the long term.
منذ الغزو الأمريكي في عام 2003، أصبح العراق ممرا لعبور المخدرات. ومع تدهور الأوضاع الاجتماعية في العراق، ازداد الإدمان على المخدرات بين افراد مجتمعه
AGSIW in the Gulf
AGSIW President Ambassador Douglas A. Silliman, Executive Vice President Ambassador William Roebuck, and members of the board of directors met with Anwar Gargash, diplomatic advisor to the president of the UAE; U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Sean Murphy; AmCham Abu Dhabi; and several other current and former Emirati officials.
The group visited the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy where Roebuck and Ambassador David Welch, a member of AGSIW’s board of directors, participated in the program "Tending the U.S.-UAE Relationship in a Multipolar World” alongside Emirati counterparts. In Dubai, the group visited the USA Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai and the newly opened Museum of the Future and met with U.S. Consul General in Dubai Meghan Gregonis.
In Bahrain, Roebuck met with Bahraini Minister of Interior Lieutenant General Rashid bin Abdullah al-Khalifa, Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullatif Rashid Alzayani, President of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities Sheikha Mai bint Mohammed al-Khalifa, and U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Margaret Nardi. In Oman, he met with a range of civil society figures, journalists, and academics.
“International and Regional Involvement in the Middle East" is a bimonthly workshop series launched in September 2021, co-hosted by AGSIW and the University of Haifa. On March 23, AGSIW hosted the session "The Biden Foreign Policy Agenda."
International Republican Institute:Robert Mogielnicki delivered the lecture "The Political Economy of Energy Security and Climate Change" at a roundtable in Dubai.
