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Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign PolicyDeals Without Guarantees: Trump’s Gulf Visit and the Future of US–Saudi Relations
May 22, 2025The Unit for Political StudiesOn May 13, US President Donald Trump began a four-day tour of Gulf countries, during which he traveled to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UA…
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The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign PolicyUS Policy and Gulf Arab Interests: More Clash, Less Harmony
May 6, 2025Jim KraneGulf sovereign wealth funds are grappling with zig-zagging share valuations, while the falling oil price—compounded by a falling dollar—is throttling capital f…
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IraqEnergy and EconomicsGeopolitical Dynamics Surrounding Iraq’s Ambitious Development Road Project
Mar 5, 2025Giorgio CafieroLeveraging its geography and resources to serve as an economic bridge between Asia and Europe is not a new concept for Iraq. In the 1980s, the country promoted…
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Palestine/IsraelEnergy and EconomicsGaza: Economic Collapse and Humanitarian Catastrophe
Dec 26, 2024The Unit for Economic StudiesIt has been a year since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began, leaving behind a trail of unprecedented destruction and a deepening humanitarian catastrophe tha…
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The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfEnergy and EconomicsTrump Is Back: What Does It Mean for Oil and US-Gulf Relations?
Nov 27, 2024Jim KranePresident-elect Donald Trump has made clear his fondness for fossil fuels, a fondness that was reciprocated by many in the industry. Expectations are high. But…
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The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfEnergy and EconomicsExploring the Options: Arab Oil Exporters and the US Dollar
Jun 21, 2024Jim KraneThe pricing of oil in US dollars is one of the perks the United States enjoys due to its status as the world’s largest economy and to the dollar’s role as the …
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Palestine/IsraelEnergy and EconomicsAssessing the Economic and Social Impacts of Israel’s War on Palestine
Feb 28, 2024Qais Iwidat Raja KhalidiThe offensive on Gaza, in which 2.2 million lives have been thrown into the mire of humanitariandevastation, has decimated an already ravaged economy, renderin…
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Palestine/IsraelEnergy and EconomicsIsrael’s Central Bank Governor Tries to Assure International Markets
Nov 21, 2023Barhoum JaraisiLast October, at a conference of the International Monetary Fund in the United States, the Governor of the Central Bank of Israel Amir Yaron sought to reassure…
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The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfEnergy and EconomicsThe Geopolitics of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor
Oct 10, 2023Giorgio CafieroAt the G20 summit held in New Delhi in September 2023, the leaders of France, Germany, India, Italy, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States,…
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TurkeyEnergy and EconomicsTurkey’s Ambitions in Iraq Play Out in Kirkuk
Oct 3, 2023Mustafa GurbuzIn late August, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani stirred the pot of existing tensions when he ordered the evacuation of the Iraqi military’s Joint…
