Politics and Governance

On August 3, AGSIW hosted a discussion on the push for a grand bargain between Israel and Saudi Arabia brokered by the United States.

Cooperation on UAE-produced clean energy serves Japan’s interest in diversifying its renewable energy mix while also boosting the UAE’s global position as a reliable green energy supplier.

Increasing diplomatic engagements between Iraq and Egypt are helping to advance a more ambitious regional project with Jordan, but Gulf economic and statecraft dominance will shape the initiative’s objectives and ambitions.

The collapse of the Abraham Accords is unlikely but so too is the prospect of other Gulf Cooperation Council states joining the accords.

Emerging realignments in the Middle East led by the China-brokered agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran drive India to pursue greater strategic autonomy as rival regional powers diversify their foreign policy, embracing pragmatism and national interests over ideology and geopolitics.

On July 25, AGSIW hosted a discussion on the United Arab Emirates' transformation after the Arab Spring.

Recent turbocharged diplomatic activity underscores growing Gulf confidence as countries in the region maneuver for influence and advantage and focus on their domestic economies.

A recent meeting between Qatar and the Taliban’s supreme leader shows that engagement with the Taliban’s leadership in Kandahar is a necessary but not always sufficient condition for progress.