In its unfolding bid to expand ties with Middle East governments, Israel must grapple with a basic challenge: how to ensure that events in the Palestinian-Isra…
Policy Analysis
EgyptRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Gulf Countries’ Aid to Egypt: It Is Politics, Not the Economy, Stupid!
On April 4, 2022, Gulf Arab countries pledged $22 billion to help Egypt avert a currency crisis resulting from the Russian war on Ukraine. The Egyptian pound l…
With the approaching date of the next Arab Summit to be hosted by Algeria in March 2022, some member countries of the League of Arab States have become more vo…
Policy Analysis
SudanRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Sudan Coup: The Regional Interference behind a Faltering Transition
On October 25, 2021, Sudan’s General Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan staged a coup, declared a state of emergency, dissolved the power-sharing Sovereign Council, sacked…
The Houthi Attacks on the UAE: Implications for Yemen and the Region
Jan 24, 2022
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen and Imad K. Harb discuss the recent Houthi attacks against the UAE and their implications for the Yemen war, the Arabian Peninsula, a…
Event Video
The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfThe GCC
Seeking an End to the GCC Crisis: Is a Solution Imminent?
Dec 10, 2020
This webinar discusses the recent developments and diplomatic efforts to end the GCC crisis that began in 2017, when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Ba…
Event Video
Palestine/Israel
UAE-Bahrain Normalization with Israel: Regional Implications and Gulf Reactions
Oct 21, 2020
Abdullah Baabood, Cinzia Bianco, and Jane Kinninmont discuss the normalizations deals signed by the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain with Israel, including the…
Seeking an End to the GCC Crisis: Is a Solution Imminent?
Dec 10, 2020
On December 10, 2020, Arab Center Washington DC Executive Director Khalil E. Jahshan hosted Dr. Majed Al-Ansari in a virtual briefing titled “Seeking an End to…
Panel Discussions
QatarThe GCC
The GCC Crisis in Context
Sep 26, 2017
On September 26, 2017, Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) hosted a panel of experts to discuss some of the salient issues in the current Gulf crisis.
Panel Discussions
QatarThe GCC
The Future of the GCC: Regional and International Implications
Aug 30, 2017
Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) hosted on August 30, 2017 a panel discussion on the future of the GCC and the implications of the rift for the region and the w…