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May 29 |
Gulf Roundtable: Fundamentalist Islam at a Crossroads: 9/11, Iraq, and the Saudi religious debate with Stéphane Lacroix
Stéphane Lacroix is a post-doctoral fellow and a lecturer at Sciences Po in Paris, where he also supervises the Kuwait Program of Gulf Studies. He has published articles on Saudi Arabia and Islamism in journals such as the Middle East Journal and the International Journal of Middle East Studies. He is also a former consultant on Saudi Arabia for the International Crisis Group (ICG).
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March 26 |
Gulf Roundtable: Recentering the Global Economy: Gulf capital and the future of wealth
“U.S. companies have no choice but to depend on sovereign wealth funds for assets,” stated Daniel Gross, Newsweek’s chief economic columnist. A growing supply of dollar-based capital piling up on the balance sheets of foreign governments has intersected with a sudden demand for capital in the United States. These conditions have created opportunities for U.S. businesses, but it has also created concerns about foreign influence in the United States. Gross examined the role of sovereign wealth funds (SWF) and the challenges and opportunities posed by sovereign wealth fund investment in the United States at a CSIS Gulf Roundtable on March 26, 2008.
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February 22 |
Gulf Roundtable: Iraq after the Surge: Implications for the Gulf States
Joost Hiltermann is Deputy Program Director for Middle East and North Africa at the International Crisis Group (ICG). Based in Istanbul, he manages a team of analysts conducting research throughout the region on the drivers and risks of armed conflict. The program’s latest report is entitled Iraq’s Civil War, the Sadrists and the Surge. Prior to joining ICG Hiltermann served for a decade with Human Rights Watch as executive director of the Arms Division and director of the Iraq Documents Project. He also spent five years at the Ramallah-based Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq, where he was research director. Hiltermann earned a Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He is the author of dozens of reports and academic articles and is a frequent commentator in the media. His book, A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja, was recently published by Cambridge University Press.
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January 31 |
Gulf Roundtable with Ahmed Saeed
While the Arab Gulf is enjoying a huge windfall as oil revenues have skyrocketed, the region continues to face serious economic challenges, according to Ahmed Saeed of Cerberus Capital. Saeed, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa and the Middle East at the U.S Department of the Treasury, analyzed the changing role of the Gulf in the global economy at a CSIS Gulf Roundtable held on January 31, 2008.
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