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Podcast: The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer
Episode: The potential dark side of the militarization of Gulf societies
Description: The coronavirus pandemic’s economic fallout calls into question Gulf states’ ability to fund a brewing, costly regional arms race. That in turn could not only reshape their geopolitical posture but also efforts to make the military a pillar of a new national identity at a time that they are forced to renegotiate outdated social contracts.