Toby Matthiesen and Luciano Zaccara will be analyzing rivalries on the Arabian Peninsula at Casa Árabe.
Matthiesen, main researcher at Oxford University’s Middle East Centre, and Zaccara, an assistant professor at Qatar University’s Gulf Studies Center, will be accompanied by Pedro Villena, the General Director of Casa Árabe, who is presenting the conference.
The rivalries throughout the Arabian Peninsula have increased as each country struggles to create global maritime shipping centers, airlines, media outlets, expeditionary forces and financial districts. One generation ago, the Gulf was run on foundations of consensus, the main concern being stability. However, petrodollars, huge arsenals, regional wars (Syria, Yemen, Libya) and international politics –including interactions with Washington and Tehran– have changed things, and tensions are running high as of late. The plans for a Gulf Cooperation Council able to form a strong common economic and foreign policy have come into question. It is therefore a good idea to analyze whether this turbulence is a temporary phenomenon or shows signs of more long-lasting dynamics.
More info: http://en.casaarabe.es/event/turbulence-in-gulf-geopolitics
