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    Energy and Economics

    The Trump Tariffs and MENA Economies: Implications of the Global Trade War

    May 8, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET

    Experts discuss the implications of Trump's tariffs for Middle East economies.

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    IraqEnergy and Economics

    Geopolitical Dynamics Surrounding Iraq’s Ambitious Development Road Project

    Mar 5, 2025Giorgio Cafiero

    Leveraging 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 Economics

    Gaza: Economic Collapse and Humanitarian Catastrophe

    Dec 26, 2024The Unit for Economic Studies

    It 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 Economics

    Trump Is Back: What Does It Mean for Oil and US-Gulf Relations?

    Nov 27, 2024Jim Krane

    President-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 Economics

    Exploring the Options: Arab Oil Exporters and the US Dollar

    Jun 21, 2024Jim Krane

    The 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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    YemenEnergy and Economics

    Houthi Red Sea Attacks Have Global Economic Repercussions

    Apr 5, 2024Jim Krane

    The Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping present a new phenomenon in geo-economic conflict: a non-state actor using asymmetric warfare not just to fight conventi…

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    Palestine/IsraelEnergy and Economics

    Assessing the Economic and Social Impacts of Israel’s War on Palestine

    Feb 28, 2024Qais Iwidat Raja Khalidi

    The 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 Economics

    Israel’s Central Bank Governor Tries to Assure International Markets

    Nov 21, 2023Barhoum Jaraisi

    Last 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 Economics

    The Geopolitics of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor

    Oct 10, 2023Giorgio Cafiero

    At 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 Economics

    Turkey’s Ambitions in Iraq Play Out in Kirkuk

    Oct 3, 2023Mustafa Gurbuz

    In 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…

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    YemenEnergy and Economics

    Yemen’s War Economy: A Key Factor in the Ongoing Conflict

    Sep 20, 2023Afrah Nasser

    As Houthi negotiators leave Saudi Arabia after five days of talks with Saudi officials regarding the contours of a compromise solution to Yemen’s ongoing confl…

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    Regional Relations and Geopolitics

    The India-Middle East-Europe Corridor: A US Project to Confront China and Normalize Arab Israeli Relations

    Sep 18, 2023Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

    AS the 9-10 September G20 summit in New Delhi was underway, the US, Saudi Arabia, India, UAE, France, Germany, Italy and the EU signed a memorandum of understa…