Loubna Madani
Contributor
Loubna Madani is a political scientist specializing in Gulf affairs, United Arab Emirates foreign policy, and regional security. She holds a PhD in political science and international relations from Clermont Auvergne University, where her research examined the UAE’s foreign policy activism since 2011. Her work focuses on Gulf security, alliance dynamics, strategic autonomy, regional power competition, and the political economy of diversification. She has published in the Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and presented work at the Gulf Research Meeting at the University of Cambridge. She is currently based in Abu Dhabi.
Analysis
Beyond Oil: The UAE’s OPEC Exit
The UAE’s move to leave OPEC underscores Abu Dhabi’s effort to widen its room for maneuver beyond Saudi-led frameworks, but the Iran war gives this decision a new meaning.
