On November 5, AGSIW will host a virtual panel discussion with Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, Shibley Telhami, and Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba on the future of Gulf-Palestinian relations. Hussein Ibish will moderate the discussion.
North Africa has become a site of great power competition among the United States, Russia, and China; the location of one of the region’s most protracted violent conflicts; and the scene for regional and Gulf Arab rivalries.
The unpredicted fallout from the coronavirus pandemic shortly after the new sultan ascended the throne not only raises the stakes associated with reform implementation but also will test the population’s ability to shoulder new economic burdens.
“Public welfare” and “social justice” have been key slogans of the Islamic Republic’s political narrative. However, sanctions, corruption, and inadequate government policies have accelerated the rate of poverty in Iran.
Iran will do as it always has – seek to quietly develop asymmetric capabilities, ideally built domestically, and only purchase the few items that it cannot make hoping to counter key U.S. military capabilities.
The lifting of the arms embargo is not likely to result in an Iranian buying spree. But, the Islamic Republic’s arms exports in the post-embargo era may prove as significant as its potential procurements.
For the sixth consecutive year, AGSIW convened its Petro Diplomacy conference, this year virtually, bringing together private and public sector stakeholders from the United States and the Gulf Arab countries to discuss emerging trends in energy markets and regional politics.
استطلاعات الرأي التي تبين أن بايدن متقدم على ترامب على المستوى الوطني ومستوى الولايات أغضبت ترامب، ودفعته لمطالبة وزير عدله وليام بار بمحاكمة بايدن وباراك أوباما بتهم ملفقة
من غير المرجح أن يؤدي رفع حظر الأسلحة إلى دفع إيران إلى مزيد من الأسلحة. لكن ربما يَثبُت أن أهمية صادرات الجمهورية الإسلامية من الأسلحة في حقبة ما بعد الحظر تعادل أهمية مشترياتها المحتملة
In the Media
AFP:Robert Mogielnicki commented on the implications of a Saudi boycott on Turkish products for Saudi-Turkish bilateral trade. Mogielnicki additionally commented on the boycott for Kitabat.
Al Khaleej Online: Mogielnicki discussed the normalization of scientific and technological ties between the United Arab Emirates and Israel.
The Media Line:Soubrier commented on the domestic impact of UAE ministers receiving a Chinese-manufactured coronavirus vaccine.
Outreach
Foreign Service Institute:Kristin Smith Diwan and Ambassador Stephen A. Seche briefed U.S. State Department staff heading for assignments in the Gulf region on internal popular politics in the Gulf and the war in Yemen, respectively.
