2026 Chairs F. Gregory Gause III The U.S. Gulf Policy in A Changing Regional Order Mehran Kamrava Iran After the Twelve-Day War: Domestic Transformation and Shifting Regional Alignments Karen E. Young Gulf Energy Giants: The Geopolitics of Energy Systems and the Emergent Role of the Gulf States Hasan Alhasan Gulf Economic Diplomacy in a Fragmented World Tarik M. Yousef Public Opinion in MENA: Trade-offs Across Governance, Foreign Policy, and Security Steven Simon The U.S. Gulf Policy in A Changing Regional Order Courtney Freer After the Storm: Rethinking Gulf Security Architecture in the Wake of the Attack on Qatar and Iran–Israel War Marc Owen Jones Digital Information Warfare in the Gulf: Transnational Networks and Regional Power Dynamics Mirdef Alqashouti After the Storm: Rethinking Gulf Security Architecture in the Wake of the Attack on Qatar and Iran–Israel War Philipp Dienstbier Filling the GCC-EU Strategic Partnership with Meaning: Understanding Ends, Means, and Paths Forward Ibrahim Alhouti Education Policies and Political Dynamics in the Arab Gulf States Khalifa Al Suwaidi Gulf Mediation in the Middle East: Drivers, Convergence and Prospects Degang Sun Navigating the Gulf’s Eastward Horizon: GCC-Asia Ties with China in a Shifting Global Order Asmaa Alfadala Education Policies and Political Dynamics in the Arab Gulf States John M. Mugane Fostering Collaboration in a Changing Global Landscape: Trade, Investment, and Geopolitical Dynamics of Gulf-Africa Relations Geneive Abdo Constructing National Identity in the GCC States, Iraq and Yemen: Governance, Participation, and Religious Tolerance Damyana Bakardzhieva Gulf Economic Diplomacy in a Fragmented World Nicolas Reeves Filling the GCC-EU Strategic Partnership with Meaning: Understanding Ends, Means, and Paths Forward Michael Robbins Public Opinion in MENA: Trade-offs Across Governance, Foreign Policy, and Security Alexei Abrahams Digital Information Warfare in the Gulf: Transnational Networks and Regional Power Dynamics Sinem Cengiz Redefining Diplomacy in GCC Foreign Policy: The Role of Foreign Aid and Peacebuilding Colby Connelly Gulf Energy Giants: The Geopolitics of Energy Systems and the Emergent Role of the Gulf States Robert Mason Gulf Mediation in the Middle East: Drivers, Convergence and Prospects Abdolrasool Divsallar Iran After the Twelve-Day War: Domestic Transformation and Shifting Regional Alignments Yunus Turhan Fostering Collaboration in a Changing Global Landscape: Trade, Investment, and Geopolitical Dynamics of Gulf-Africa Relations Aisha Hadi Al-Rashdi Redefining Diplomacy in GCC Foreign Policy: The Role of Foreign Aid and Peacebuilding Nizar Jouini Gulf-North Africa Relations: Economic Linkages and Strategic Contexts in a Changing Global Order Andrew McIntosh Constructing National Identity in the GCC States, Iraq and Yemen: Governance, Participation, and Religious Tolerance Yasmina Abouzzohour Public Opinion in MENA: Trade-offs Across Governance, Foreign Policy, and Security Nejla Ben Mimoune Gulf-North Africa Relations: Economic Linkages and Strategic Contexts in a Changing Global Order Si Liu Navigating the Gulf’s Eastward Horizon: GCC-Asia Ties with China in a Shifting Global Order