Tag: UAE

This episode's guest is Dr. Moran Zaga, a geographer, Middle East scholar, and expert on the Gulf states from the University of Haifa. The conversation covers the history of the Strait of Hormuz, its geopolitical importance through the ages, and the powers that have shaped the region to this day.

In this episode of "This Week in the Middle East," the guest is Mor Shapiro, a lecturer in the Arabic department at Bar-Ilan University and a researcher at the MEMRI institute. The conversation covers the dramatic change in the status of the United Arab Emirates, which has transformed from a neutral, business-oriented country into a central and controversial geopolitical player, drawing sharp criticism from Iran and most Arab states.

The episode hosts Eran Efrat, an expert on the global energy market, for a conversation about the reports of the United Arab Emirates' withdrawal from OPEC, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. The two discuss the move's significance for the global oil market, relations in the Gulf, and the Israeli consumer.

In this episode, Dr. Haim Koren, a diplomat and Middle East scholar, returns for a conversation about the civil war in Sudan. The conversation covers the causes of the war, the extensive international involvement in the conflict, and its implications for the regional and global balance of power, including for Israel.

The episode features Dr. Ariel Admoni, a Qatar expert and a researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security. The conversation deals with what Dr. Admoni calls the "failure of the Gulf concept." According to him, the recent war revealed that there is no unified Gulf bloc, and that the foreign and security policy of each country, especially Qatar, was tested in a way that undermined basic assumptions about the region's stability.

In this episode, Dr. Yaron Friedman joins Boris Gorelik to discuss the geopolitical forecast for 2026. The two discuss expected developments on several key fronts in the Middle East, from the Palestinian arena to the power struggles in the Gulf, against the backdrop of instability in Iran and its possible effects on the entire region.

In this episode of This Week in the Middle East, the guest is Dr. Haim Koren, a lecturer at Reichman University, former Israeli ambassador to South Sudan and Egypt, and a Middle East scholar. The conversation covers the bloody civil war raging in Sudan, the severe humanitarian crisis it has created, and the tangle of interests of regional and global powers involved in the conflict.