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Event Recap: A Twofold Blow to the Gulf: OPEC+ Implosion & A Global Pa...
Economy & InnovationOn April 15th, Gulf International Forum (GIF) hosted an online panel titled “A Twofold Blow...
Gulf States’ Economies Stuck Between Global Pandemic and Oil Price War
Economy & InnovationFor the Gulf region, the last four weeks could not be more economically costly. Gulf...
Peace in Afghanistan: What is the Expected Role of the Gulf States?
GeopoliticsWhile efforts to end the longest-running war in American history have primarily focused on actors...
Coronavirus Infects More than Health in the Gulf: Implications for Oil Mark...
Energy PolicyWhile it may initially have been covered as a Chinese outbreak, the implications of the...
Iran’s Election Gatekeepers Keep Democracy Futile
Politics & GovernanceNow that the maelstrom following the killing of General Qasem Soleimani appears to have subsided,...
Prime Minister Mohammed Tawfik Allawi: Compromise or Status Quo?
Politics & GovernanceWhen Iraqi protestors took to the streets in the closing months of 2019, they made...
Media Escalation Complicates GCC Crisis Mediation Efforts
GeopoliticsIn spite of months of intensified efforts to deescalate tensions among the Gulf Cooperation Council...
The Changing Same in Kuwait: New Cabinet, Persistent Challenges
Politics & GovernanceAs a result of internal disputes between cabinet members and the intense questioning of ministers...
Between a Divided Parliament and Determined Protestors...
Politics & GovernanceTwo weeks after the Iraqi Parliament accepted the resignation of Prime Minister (PM) Adil Abdulmehdi,...
National Defense Authorization Act 2020 and the Gulf
U.S. – Gulf PolicyAfter months of negotiations, the House and Senate committees responsible for drafting the National Defense...
GCC Reconciliation: Restoration or Reconfiguration?
GeopoliticsFor the first time since the Gulf crisis began on June 5th, 2017, strong indicators...
Abdulmehdi’s Resignation: Scratching the Surface of Reform
Politics & GovernanceAfter two months of protests that have resulted in the deaths of roughly 400 protestors...