Join AGSIW this week for a panel discussion with Ambassador Feisal Amin Rasoul al-Istrabadi, Ambassador Douglas A. Silliman, and Randa Slim examining the recent crises in Iraq and the fallout from the U.S. airstrike that killed Iran’s Quds Force commander Major General Qassim Suleimani. Hussein Ibish will moderate the discussion.
The end of the dispute will add little or no oil output immediately, but it does restore some spare capacity, and resolves one of the breaches in the Gulf Cooperation Council.
The contest among Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, and Malaysia over the symbolic leadership of the Muslim world places a heavier burden on these states to appear as champions of Muslim causes.
On January 8, AGSIW hosted a conversation considering the trends likely to shape the Gulf region in 2020.
Outreach
Middle East Policy Council: Ambassador Douglas A. Silliman spoke on the panel “U.S. - Iranian Confrontation: Domestic, Regional and Global Implications” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The panel was also broadcast by C-SPAN.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce: AGSIW co-hosted a roundtable discussion with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Iraq Business Council on developments in Iraq and the region.
NBC News: Hussein Ibish addressed the Gulf Arab states’ perspective on tensions between the United States and Iran.
Financial Times: Silliman commented on the deaths of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Major General Qassim Suleimani and Kataib Hezbollah leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. He additionally discussed their deaths in an interview with Al Arabiya.
The New Yorker: Silliman discussed the United States’ extradition treaty with Iraq.
The Guardian: Alfoneh commented on the impact of U.S. sanctions on the IRGC’s economic activities.
Al Jazeera: Alfoneh commented on the relationship of the new Quds Force commander, Brigadier General Ismail Qaani, with Suleimani and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Alfoneh additionally discussed Qaani’s involvement in Afghanistan with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
