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AP Photo/Vahid Salemi The Dhow: August 31, 2026 FEATURED PROGRAM Operation Economic Outcast: Will Economic Pressure on Iran Work, and Are the Gulf Countries On Board?  September 2, 2026 |10:00 – 11:00am ET | Webinar On September 2, AGSI will host a discussion with ​Tareq Alotaiba, Sara Bazoobandi, Ryan Bohl, and Kristin Smith Diwan on the new U.S. sanctions against...

Saudi Press Agency via AP The Dhow: August 24, 2026 FEATURED PROGRAM The Challenge of Gulf-China Ties: Reassessing Beijing’s Role After the Iran War​ August 25 |10:00 – 11:00am ET | Webinar On August 25, AGSI will host a discussion with Mohammed Al-Sudairi, Aaron Glasserman, Chuchu Zhang, and​ Robert Mogielnicki on the impact of the Iran war on Gulf-China relations. Register About AGSI...

AP Photo The Dhow: August 10, 2026 FEATURED PROGRAM Beyond the Strait: The Future of Global Energy Security​August 11, 2026 | 10:00 – 11:00am ET | Webinar On August 11, AGSI will host a discussion with Carole Nakhle, Robin Mills, Adnan Shihab-Eldin, and ​Kate Dourian on global energy markets. Register ANALYSIS Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP POLITICS & GOVERNANCE Saudi Arabia and...

Amirhosein Khorgooi/Iranian Students’ News Agency via AP The Dhow: August 3, 2026 ANALYSIS SECURITY Trump’s Impossible Dilemma: Return To War With Iran or Not? Hussein Ibish President Trump has led the United States into an impossible dilemma in which resuming and intensifying the war presents one set of alarming consequences while ending it under current...

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REUTERS/Stringer The Dhow: July 27, 2026 ANALYSIS SECURITY Why the Houthis Entered the War Gregory D. Johnsen The Houthis’ decision to dip their toes into the conflict is a calculated choice based on military capacity, a blueprint, and the need for retaliatory pressure. Qatar LNG Past & Future Robin Mills As Qatar looks to the...

REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad The Dhow: July 20, 2026 ANALYSIS POLITICS & GOVERNANCE The Emir Who Refused To Hide David B. Roberts Under Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, Qatar would be known – as a mediator, a broadcaster, a host of mega sports events, and an investor – and that notoriety would itself become a form of...

REUTERS/Mohammed Benmansour The Dhow: July 13, 2026 ANALYSIS ECONOMY Saudi Arabia Weathers the Iran War Thanks to Investments in “Economic Resiliency” Tim Callen The impact of the Iran war on the Saudi economy has been mitigated by investments in “economic resiliency,” including the East-West oil pipeline, relatively prudent fiscal policy, and the accumulation of a...

AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki The Dhow: July 6, 2026 ANALYSIS POLITICS & GOVERNANCE Syria Is the Answer Ambassador William Roebuck When regional actors or great powers ask these days what determines the success or failure of their strategies in the region, they are increasingly discovering that developments in Syria heavily shape the outcome. All About Those...

REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez The Dhow: June 29, 2026 ANALYSIS SOCIETY Qatar’s National Team Mirrors the State Raphaël Le Magoariec Qatar’s first World Cup point, earned through a goalkeeper of Palestinian descent, reveals how the emirate has turned a tiny citizenry, migration, and naturalization into an instrument of statecraft and where that instrument meets its limits. ​...