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Podcast: Middle East Dossier
Episode: [Book Discussion] The Middle East & The Indo-Pacific: The New Geopolitics
Description: The Indo-Pacific region has gained prominence as the worldâs major powers gravitated towards this space to expand their influence but until recently, the Middle East seemed excluded from this geopolitical shift. Things have quickly changed: in the past years, Gulf states and Israel have become the object of increased attention from Asian powers and got themselves involved in new diplomatic arrangements such as the âMiddle East Quadâ that may impact the competition in the Indo-Pacific. In other words,  Middle Eastern states traditionally looked at the West for strategic matters but they are now increasingly defining their security agenda with an...