Jesse Marks
Non-Resident Fellow, AGSI
Jesse Marks is a non-resident fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute and the founder of Rihla Research & Advisory LLC, an international consulting firm focused on the Middle East and Asia. He is also a PhD student at the Australian National University. He previously served as a Middle East policy advisor at the U.S. Department of Defense.
Analysis
A Gulf-European Pathway to Middle Power AI
Gulf partnerships offer a practical way for European countries to expand capacity and diversify compute providers.
The U.S. Data Center Struggle and the Gulf Offer
Silicon Valley is exploring offshoring some of its compute demand. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are positioning themselves to capture some of it.
The Landlord Question: What Petro-Compute Actually Buys Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is eyeing the growth of a sovereign compute exchange model that, like OPEC for crude, would let it shape and stabilize long-term compute costs.
China’s Mediation Ceiling in the Iran War
For now, China is a stuck actor – drifting until external conditions force a decision or create a window of opportunity.
