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The Geopolitics of Energy in the East Mediterranean
Newnham College, Cambridge & Online on Zoom Sidgwick Hall, Newnham College, Sidgwick Ave, Cambridge, United Kingdom*Separate registration for IN PERSON and ONLINE attendees below. A series of discoveries over the past decade revealed that the East Mediterranean region sits on large reserves of natural gas. Plans between Israel, Egypt, and Greece were quickly drafted to develop an ambitious pipeline spanning over 3200 kilometres, with the potential to reduce European reliance […]
Locked Out of Development: Insiders and Outsiders in Arab Capitalism
Newnham College, Cambridge & Online on Zoom Sidgwick Hall, Newnham College, Sidgwick Ave, Cambridge, United Kingdom*Separate registration for IN PERSON and ONLINE attendees below. The political economy of the MENA region remains among the least neoliberal internationally. State intervention and protection for select sectors and actors remains pervasive while elite-level insider cartels remain rooted in licensing, trade protection, and the allocation of subsidies. Labour markets are deeply divided between protected […]
“Oil Leaders”. In Conversation with Ibrahim Al-Muhanna
Newnham College, Cambridge & Online on Zoom Sidgwick Hall, Newnham College, Sidgwick Ave, Cambridge, United KingdomRegister for the event below. 2022 has catapulted energy policies to the forefront of government agendas in Europe and across the world. Ibrahim Al-Muhanna’s book, “Oil Leaders: An Insider’s Account of Four Decades of Saudi Arabia and OPEC’s Global Energy Policy” (Columbia University Press, 2022), provides a rare view into the strategic decision making that […]
