The UAE is increasingly looking to the maritime domain as an area of regional and global cooperation but also as a vessel of continued power projection.
On July 27, AGSIW and the National University of Singapore's Middle East Institute hosted a discussion with Tilak Doshi, Kate Dourian, and Robert Mogielnicki on economic diversification efforts in the Gulf Arab states. Clemens Chay moderated the discussion.
In the Media
BBC Radio: In an interview, Ambassador Douglas A. Silliman discussed Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi's U.S. visit and the U.S. military mission in Iraq.
L'Orient Le Jour: Silliman commented on Kadhimi's visit and the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Dialogue.
Al Hurra: In an interview, Silliman discussed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Kuwait and U.S.-Kuwaiti relations.
Outreach
U.S. Department of State:Ambassador Douglas A. Silliman spoke to a training class of regional security officers soon to depart for their posts abroad about relations between them and their ambassadors and deputy chiefs of mission overseas.