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Aug 23, 2024 | 
gulfif.org | Anas Al Qaed |Fuad Shahbazov
On July 2, Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud visited Turkey to meet his counterpart, Yashar Guler, as a part of thawing relations between Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
gulfif.org | Anas Al Qaed
Featured Speakers: Ambassador Patrick Theros, Dr. Kenneth Katzman, Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, Dr. Ali Vaez and Natasha Hall. SynopsisOn April 1st, an Israeli airstrike in Syria notably escalated tensions by targeting an annex of the Iranian Embassy in Damascus.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
gulfif.org | Anas Al Qaed
Featured Speakers: Dr. Dania Thafer and Dr. Courtney Freer. About the BookThe first English language political history of Kuwaiti parliament, this book provides an unprecedented holistic treatment of grassroots contemporary Kuwaiti politics in English in over two decades, incorporating the country’s political dynamics into broader debates about the limits of authoritarianism and the practice of democracy in the Arab world, particularly in oil-wealthy states.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
gulfif.org | Anas Al Qaed
Featured Speakers: Ambassador Patrick Theros, Dr. Courtney Freer and Dr. Michael Herb. Synopsis:In a dramatic shift in Kuwait’s political landscape, on May 10, 2024, Emir Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad al-Sabah declared the dissolution of the nation’s parliament and suspension of key constitutional articles for up to four years, only weeks after recent legislative elections. During this period, the emir and the cabinet will wield the legislative powers traditionally held by parliament.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
gulfif.org | Anas Al Qaed
Featured Speakers: Ambassador Patrick Theros, Holly Dagres, Dr. Abdolrasool Divsallar, and Dr. Hamidreza Azizi. Event SynopsisOn May 19th, a tragic helicopter crash near the Azerbaijan border resulted in the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, and several other officials. In response to this devastating event, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced that First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber would assume the role of interim president.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
gulfif.org | Anas Al Qaed
Featured Speakers: Dr. Dania Thafer and Dr. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen. About the BookThe Middle East is experiencing the world’s most prominent youth bulge. Yet many MENA economies’ institutional designs, both formal and informal, favor the power of business elites, systematically discriminating against young people joining the workforce or opening businesses, and thus limiting their ability to contribute to innovation.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
gulfif.org | Anas Al Qaed
Featured Speakers: Dr. Cinzia Bianco and Professor Luigi Narbone. About the Book:The post-Arab Spring collapse of decades-old regimes inaugurated a decade of re-shaping for the geopolitical order in the Middle East and North Africa region. A multipolar disorder ensued, solidified by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
gulfif.org | Anas Al Qaed |Idris Okuducu
The Iraq-Turkey-Europe “Development Road Project”, a strategic economic corridor that would connect southern Iraqi ports with European markets, is viewed by Iran as a threat to its economic leverage over its western neighbor. Tehran regards the project—not incorrectly—as an attempt by Turkey to buoy its influence in Baghdad at Iran’s expense.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
gulfif.org | Anas Al Qaed |Samuel Ramani
On July 5, reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian defeated his hardliner rival Saeed Jalili and was elected as the ninth president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. While the U.S. Department of State castigated the Iranian elections as neither free nor fair, Russia and China struck a different tone; Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Pezehskian on his victory, while his press secretary Dmitry Peskov expressed hope for stronger Russia-Iran relations.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
gulfif.org | Anas Al Qaed |Fuad Shahbazov
On June 18, Saudi Arabia’s Defense Minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, paid an official visit to China to meet his Chinese counterpart, Admiral Dong Jun, and discuss ways to boost the military partnership between the two states. The Saudi defense minister’s first visit to Beijing should come as a little surprise as China’s arms exports to Riyadh have increased significantly in recent years.
