Evaluating Yemen’s New Presidential Council
CommentaryEvaluating Yemen’s New Presidential Council
CommentaryA New Era in Turkish-Saudi Relations?
CommentaryA New Era in Turkish-Saudi Relations?
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Evaluating Yemen’s New Presidential Council
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Upcoming Event
May 19 @ 12:00 pm
#ICYMI
Dr. @ibratas1: "To meet growing external demand, #Saudi-#Turkish military relations will probably increase. #Erdogan has already hinted that his government expects #Riyadh to invest in the Turkish defense industry."
https://gulfif.org/a-new-era-in-turkish-saudi-relations/
Join us on Thursday, May 19 at 12 PM ET for a discussion about #Yemen's new presidential council and truce.
Featuring: Amb. @PNT_Gulf, Dr. @khoury_nabeel, Sama'a Al-Hamdani (@Yemeniaty) & Dr. @a_carboni.
For more info & RSVP👇 https://gulfif.org/event/new-truce-and-presidential-council-in-yemen-impact-on-state-domestic-politics-and-peace-process/
New Dr. @khoury_nabeel: "It must be understood that much of what happens in #Yemen following the #Riyadh conference will depend on what the #Saudi and #Emirati intentions were in forcing the change in leadership in the first place."
https://gulfif.org/evaluating-yemens-new-presidential-council/
On Tuesday Russian Ambassador said KRG has the right to export natural gas to Europe https://www.rudaw.net/english/interview/11052022
My recent relevant piece for @GulfIntlForum discusses can Kurdistan's energy diplomacy serve as an effective soft power tool with European states?https://gulfif.org/iraqi-kurdistans-careful-energy-diplomacy-informs-its-stance-on-the-conflict-in-ukraine/
Dr. @ibratas1: “#Turkey’s decision in early April to suspend its prosecution of #Khashoggi’s accused murderers and to transfer the trial to #SaudiArabia, removed the final stumbling block to improved Turkish-Saudi ties.”
https://gulfif.org/a-new-era-in-turkish-saudi-relations/
My commentary for @GulfIntlForum;
A New Era in Turkish-Saudi Relations? https://gulfif.org/a-new-era-in-turkish-saudi-relations/
New Dr. @ibratas1: "The original reasons for the two countries’ mutual animosity—such as the #ArabSpring, the blockade of #Qatar, and the #Khashoggi case—no longer exist in either leader’s calculations."
https://gulfif.org/a-new-era-in-turkish-saudi-relations/
Dr. @ushukrik: “#SaudiArabia‘s state news agency reported on Wednesday, April 13, that Saudi Arabia and #Kuwait had invited #Iran to participate in talks to determine their national boundaries in the gas field.”
https://gulfif.org/how-the-arash-dorra-gas-field-could-improve-saudi-iran-ties/
New by H.E. former #GCC Secretary-General Amb. Abdullah Bishara:
"The fact that civil society organizations and parliamentary watchdogs like the Human Rights Committee can report these violations bodes well for the future of human rights in #Kuwait."
https://gulfif.org/dissecting-the-u-s-state-departments-human-rights-report-on-kuwait/
#ICYMI
@SinemCngz: "Turkish recognition of Abdulaziz’s new kingdom was an interesting development, particularly since at that time there was no internal or external pressure on #Turkey to do so."
https://gulfif.org/the-emergence-of-saudi-turkish-relations-ataturk-and-ibn-sauds-pragmatism/