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UAE Security Forum 2018: “Yemen after the War: Addressing the Challenges of Peace and Reconstruction”

This report is based on the presentations and discussions during the UAE Security Forum 2018, “Yemen after the War: Addressing the Challenges of Peace and Reconstruction,” held on December 9, 2018 in Abu Dhabi.

UAE Security Forum Session 2

Petro Diplomacy: Back to the Future – Oil and Gas at the Center of New Growth in the GCC

On October 18, 2018, the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington convened its fourth annual Petro Diplomacy conference, “Back to the Future – Oil and Gas at the Center of New Growth in the GCC States.”

Oil rigs

Gulf Strategic Interests Reshaping the Horn of Africa

As Gulf Arab states exert greater influence in the Horn of Africa, the region’s future is being reimagined.

The Geoeconomics of Reconstruction in Yemen

The conflict in Yemen has exacted a disastrous toll on the country. This paper considers the outside forces in the conflict, seeking to elucidate who they are, what the nature is of their involvement, and what their converging and conflicting interests mean for reconstruction.

View of the damaged Mercedes Benz building in Aden, Yemen, Feb. 17 (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Subsidizing Basic Commodities in the Gulf Arab States: Distortive and Regressive

This paper uses economic theory to demonstrate the negative implications of subsidies.

Two women arrive at a supermarket in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Kuwait: Finding Balance in a Maximalist Gulf

Amid the dramatic changes sweeping the Gulf region, Kuwait’s incremental approach is being sorely tested.

Kuwait Emir Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah

Enhancing Gas Security: An Economic Imperative for the Gulf Arab States

The Gulf Arab states are casting a wide net in their pursuit of gas-supply security.

LNG Tanker

Big Space/Small Space: Art and the Gulf City

Over the last few years many cities have attempted to integrate cultural developments within their overall planning strategy.

Dubai mural