In Al-Monitor, CGEP scholar Karen Young discusses the impact of lower oil prices on economic growth in the Middle East, and the potential risks and opportunities for economic convergence in the region. al-monitor.com/pro/memos/mide…

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ft.com/content/275ad8… Some of my comments here on Gulf renewables deployment abroad and logic for investment at home Financial Times Center on Global Energy Policy The Gulf states are also investing in clean power in other countries, from central Asia to central Africa. Young highlights Masdar, Abu

Abu Dhabi’s main oil producer Adnoc is getting a dramatic makeover as it uses a $150 billion budget to become one of the world’s most active energy dealmakers. Includes some of my comments: Gulf states are learning that ownership of such assets “is a huge political advantage, a

Started reading this last night and can’t put it down. It’s excellent. A must-read by Karen Young for all students of Gulf political economy.

🚨 Center on Global Energy Policy and Columbia Institute of Global Politics launch the Trade and Clean Energy Transition program (TCET). This innovative initiative will advance research and build a global community to tackle critical #trade and climate policy issues. Columbia | SIPA Columbia University energypolicy.columbia.edu/cgep-launches-…

Saudi Arabia's economic and structural transformation "is now institutionalized," CGEP scholar Karen Young tells Bloomberg reporter Abeer Abu-Omar. "The larger process of diversification is well underway, and I don’t see a large chance of backtracking." bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

“Iran has not yet prevented the Gulf states from growing economically, but the specter of terror and the disruption of transit routes by Iran-backed groups remains an ongoing threat. If the United States worked harder to disable Iran’s malign regional activities, that would not

“The United States must also come to terms with the reality of the geoeconomics of energy. Synergies in renewable energy manufacturing as well as the importance of fossil fuels to easing the transition to greener energy will continue to link the Gulf to Asia. The United States

“U.S. policymakers have failed to recognize that the Middle East’s wealthiest economies are focused on strengthening their trade partnerships with Asia, not with the West, and with competing with one another.” foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/my…

“Although defense-focused partnerships also constitute important trade relationships, for the United States, they cannot constitute a winning long-term economic or diplomatic strategy in the Middle East,” writes Karen Young. foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/my…

Concerns exist that countries like Saudi Arabia relying on desalination could face water crises. But desalination "is the only way to continue having large population centers" in the region, CGEP scholar Karen Young tells the The New York Times. nytimes.com/2024/08/12/bus…

Thanks Bloomberg Middle East for having me on the show to talk about MENA economic impacts of the war and energy markets. Center on Global Energy Policy bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…

CGEP scholar Dr. Karen Young (Karen Young) speaks with Bloomberg TV's Joumanna Nasr Bercetche about the economic impact related to tensions between Israel and Lebanon. ▶️ Watch now: bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…

The rationale for trade corridors (political partnerships and real infrastructure) from the Gulf is a leveraging of their eastward trade dependency to move new energy and manufacturing export capacity to EMDEs in Africa/MENA (high population, high growth markets) and connect new

New IMF consultation with Saudi Arabia released today, imf.org/en/Publication… and one top line finding "geopolitical events in Middle East have not had major impact on Saudi economy," despite Red Sea diversions. In line with my argument in Foreign Affairs on the lack of

Transformation Underway: Assessing the Successes and Challenges of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 Reforms agsiw.org/programs/trans…

Event 9/12: Transformation Underway: Assessing the Successes and Challenges of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 Reforms with Amine Mati and Karen Young, moderated by Tim Callen. Join us. agsiw.org/programs/trans…

📣 Stay tuned! Half-Time Talk Interview with Karen Young, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy Center on Global Energy Policy as as she talks about Iran’s new reformist President, US sanctions, Saudi Arabia-Iran relations, and much more. #energy #geopolitics #GCC

“I would caution against seeing the Saud-Iran relationship as a grand shift or a move towards a more positive status quo.” - Karen Young, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Center on Global Energy Policy ➡ youtube.com/watch?v=JNJ3VZ… #energy #geopolitics #GCC OPEC News+