If Dubai can accomplish an efficient post-expo transition into a sustainable and profitable city, then the first world exposition held in the Middle East could become the new international standard in legacy planning.
The EU’s decision to end dependence upon Russian natural gas and curb imports of crude oil from Russia is an opportunity for the Middle Eastern and North African oil and gas producers to step in.
The shift in demand patterns for gas and the prospect of a further contraction in Russian gas supplies have spurred Middle Eastern producers to step up their expansion plans.
While a new dawn appears to be rising for the United Kingdom and its Gulf allies, it is difficult to avoid the sensation that they have been pushed together by immediate circumstance, and that long-standing difficulties have, for the moment, been set aside.
The August 23 edition of the Iran Media Review explores how state-censored media used the commemoration of Bahrain’s independence from Britain to attack the Pahlavi regime for Bahrain’s separation from Iran.
AGSIW is pleased to announce that Gregory D. Johnsen has joined the institute as a non-resident fellow. Johnsen is the author of The Last Refuge: Yemen, Al-Qaeda, and America’s War in Arabia. From 2016-18 he served on the Yemen Panel of Experts for the United Nations Security Council. His writing has appeared in, among others, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Foreign Policy.
On September 15, as part of the China-Gulf Initiative, AGSIW will host a discussion with Ben Cahill, Kate Dourian, and Ed Morse examining energy relations between China and the Gulf states. Robert Mogielnicki will moderate the discussion.
In the Media
AP:Robert Mogielnicki commented on the effects of inflation on the UAE's expatriate population.
Al Jazeera: In an interview, Ambassador Douglas A. Silliman discussed the political crisis in Iraq. He additionally discussed how the United States could have a role in the formation of a new Iraqi government in an interview with Al Hurra.
Nueu Zürcher Zeitung: Mogielnicki commented on how the metaverse fits into the UAE’s economic strategy.
Outreach
National Defense University Near East South Asia Center:Ambassador Douglas A. Silliman delivered the lecture “Managing Iraq’s Borders” to a group of senior Iraqi military, counterterrorism, intelligence, and customs officers.
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