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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: COVID-19 and Slumping Oil Prices are Shaking Up Middle East Geopolitics
Description: As the Coronavirus Pandemic tore through the world this spring, it resulted in sharply lower demand for oil, driving down prices. Added to this, Russia and Saudi Arabia got into an oil price war that brought the price of oil to near historic low levels.  Needless to say, the low price of oil has deeply impacted countries in the region who rely on oil wealth. This includes not only oil-rich gulf countries, but also governments and other groups that rely on aid derived from oil largesse.  My guest today, Mohammed Soliman is a Non-Resident Scholar with the Middle East Institute and...