«Духовенство будет играть все меньшую роль, силовики — все бОльшую». Востоковед Николай Кожанов о политическом будущем Ирана, его ядерной бомбе и отношениях с Россией republic.ru/s/14ecom

FES has just published its new report on Saudi-Iran reconciliation and its impact on the Gulf region. I was proud to contribute with my paper on Russia's views on Saudi-Iranian rapprochement. The full text of the report can be found here: library.fes.de/pdf-files/inte…

NEW: Scale of #Saudi renewable energy ambitions is mindboggling. The Kingdom last year said intention is to achieve total output of 130 GW by 2030. That would exceed original target announced back in 2016 by more than 13x. Piotr Schulkes dives into details. amwaj.media/article/deep-d…

ispionline.it/en/publication… Excited to see this collaboration with ISPI and McKinsey & Company, including my chapter on the Gulf: "How the Future of Trade, Logistics and the Energy Transition Benefit the Gulf Arab States"

أعلنت حكومة المملكة العربية السعودية وأرامكو السعودية عن بدء عملية الطرح العام الثانوي لأسهم عادية في شركة أرامكو السعودية. تبدأ فترة الاكتتاب للمكتتبين الأفراد المؤهلين اعتباراً من يوم غد الموافق 3 يونيو 2024م (تمام الساعة 9 صباحاً بتوقيت السعودية) وحتى 5 يونيو 2024م (تمام

Taiwan agrees to buy LNG past 2050. AKA energy security trumps net-zero ambitions 🇹🇼 🤝 🇶🇦 🚢 Qatar will supply 4 million tons/year for 27 starting later this decade. This is *A LOT* for Taiwan ☢️ Taiwan is phasing out nuclear power by 2025, which will increase gas needs

#officially it is out. 📚📚🎉🎉#New_Book. #kuwait. #contemporarygulfstate_series. Founder. Prof Mahjoob Zweiri (محجوب الزويري ). routledge.com/The-Making-of-…. Sinem Cengiz Dr. Ghanim Al Najjar (غانم النجار) Dr. Abdulrahman Al Ebrahim Dr. Meshari Hamad Al Ruwaih Dr. Hamad Al Bloshi (Hamad H Albloshi حمد البلوشي)

Qatar is on an LNG sales spree. And they aren't done yet 🇶🇦🚢 🤝 They've sold ~26.5m tons/year worth of supply from its new expansion since 2022 👉 But that's only about half its supply coming online through 2027. They still have a lot more to sell (Chart via Center on Global Energy Policy)

Russia amassed a shadow fleet to ferry its oil around the world. Now there is growing evidence Moscow has begun to do the same for LNG 🇷🇺🚢 In the past 3 months, the ownership of at least 8 vessels were transferred to a web of unknown companies in Dubai bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

My take on what Iran's elections can mean for the Russian-Iranian relations chathamhouse.org/2024/06/irans-…

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In the latest #RussianAnalyticalDigest from CSS at ETH Zurich, I have a contribution on Russia and Iran. There are also ones on Russia and Turkey by Daria Isachenko, Russia and Israel by Lidia Averbukh, and Russia and OPEC+ by Nikolay Kozhanov.

Call for papers 🗣️ Join our upcoming volume on #Climate-Induced #Security Challenges #MiddleEast #SoutheastAsia

Kuwait Petroleum announces its first significant offshore oil find, 2.1 billion bbl & 5.1 Tcf in Nokhatha field east of Failaka island Gas more useful than oil to Kuwait given OPEC restraint, gas imports

Ukraine's incursion, COP29, ADNOC deal - why Azerbaijan's gas importance to Europe is growing thenationalnews.com/business/2024/…

🚨📢📢. #NEW_BOOK. 📢📢📢#Just_Published. 📢📢📢 The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar: Global and Local Perspectives. Nikolay Kozhanov Dr Mahfoud Amara د.عمارة محفوظ #FreePalestine routledge.com/The-2022-FIFA-…

Join us on 26 October cirs.qatar.georgetown.edu/russias-invasi…

Immensely detailed Middle East oil asset map and infographic from S&P Global Commodity Insights.

Excited to share our latest analysis with @kozhanovnikolay on Saudi Arabia and #BRICS, just in time for the #BRICS24Summit in Russia via Amwaj.media QU Gulf Studies

“The fund targets bringing global investments down to 18% from 30% of its portfolio, he said, in one of his most direct comments yet about the PIF’s focus on its national economy.” #SaudiArabia bloomberg.com/news/articles/…