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Gulf States Amid the Iran War - Social, Economic and Diplomatic Implications

78 hours 6 mins; April 01, 2026

US-Israel-Iran: Implications for Geopolitics, International Law and the Global Economy

58 mins; March 31, 2026

China's Digital Silk Road in the Middle East

60 hours 42 mins; January 28, 2026

[Book Talk] Narratives of Sino-Middle Eastern Futures

189 hours 13 mins; December 10, 2025

S R Nathan Distinguished Lecture 2025

26 mins; December 08, 2025

The Prince and the President: US-Saudi Relations in Focus

73 hours 22 mins; November 25, 2025

The Prince and the President: US-Saudi Relations in Focus

359 hours 15 mins; November 19, 2025

[Bridging the Gulf Series] Session 19: Strategic UAE - The Engine Behind the UAE's AI Vision

57 mins; November 10, 2025

[Book Talk] Twilight of the Saints: The History and Politics of Salafism in Contemporary Egypt

59 mins; October 27, 2025

Trump, Israel and Regional Backlash: Understanding Anti-Americanism in the Middle East

51 mins; October 17, 2025

Trump, Israel, and Regional Backlash: Understanding Anti-Americanism in the Middle East

60 hours 43 mins; October 15, 2025

China’s Strategy in the Middle East and Prospects for the US-China Engagement

63 hours 52 mins; October 08, 2025

Panel 3: What Lies Ahead?

99 hours 53 mins; September 29, 2025

Panel 2: Middle East and External Powers

88 hours 9 mins; September 29, 2025

Panel 1: Winners and Losers in a New Regional Order

91 hours 27 mins; September 29, 2025

MEI Annual Conference 2025 - Minister Shanmugam session

44 mins; September 29, 2025

[Book Talk] Japan and the Middle East

85 hours 39 mins; September 18, 2025

Iran-Israel 12-Day War: Implications for Persian Gulf's Security Order

55 mins; September 16, 2025

[Book Talk] Building the Belt and Road Initiative in the Arab World – China’s Middle East Math

59 mins; August 15, 2025

[Book Talk] Qatar and the United Arab Emirates: Diverging Paths to Regional and Global Power

59 mins; June 25, 2025

Looking Beyond Trump's 'Trillion-Dollar' Diplomacy in the Gulf

80 hours 9 mins; May 29, 2025

Jordan’s Balancing Act - Seeking Stability Amid Regional Turmoil

72 hours 22 mins; May 14, 2025

ME Outlook 2025: The Gulf’s Diversification Through Minerals and AI

7 mins; February 24, 2025

ME Outlook 2025: US' Middle East Policy Under President Trump

6 mins; February 18, 2025

ME Outlook 2025: The Gulf in the Energy Market

12 mins; February 16, 2025

ME Outlook 2025: China’s Expanding Footprint in North Africa

6 mins; February 16, 2025

Shifting Security Dynamics in the Gulf

7 mins; February 09, 2025

Syria in Transition

10 mins; February 09, 2025

ME Outlook 2025: Japan's Priorities in the Middle East

5 mins; January 27, 2025

ME Outlook 2025: Iran Under Pezeshkian

7 mins; January 26, 2025

ME Outlook 2025: China's Middle East Policy

5 mins; January 24, 2025

ME Outlook 2025: What's Next for Jordan in the Middle East?

6 mins; January 22, 2025

MEI 2024 Round-up with General David Petraeus and Mr Bilahari Kausikan

96 hours 41 mins; January 19, 2025

S R Nathan Distinguished Lecture 2024

81 hours 34 mins; January 19, 2025

ME Outlook 2025: US-China Competition in the Middle East

7 mins; January 16, 2025

Closing Session (30 Oct 2024) – The Mirage of Stability in the Middle East

76 hours 30 mins; December 04, 2024

[MEI Salon Series] Tradition within Modernism: Mosque Architecture under Singapore’s Mosque Building Fund

72 hours 5 mins; December 04, 2024

[Book Launch] How to Lose a War: The Story of America’s Intervention in Afghanistan

77 hours 39 mins; December 04, 2024

From the UAE to Azerbaijan: COP 29 Expectations and Challenges

69 hours 19 mins; October 23, 2024

ME 101 Session 5: Renewable Energy Sources: Pre-empting a Sunset Oil Industry

56 mins; October 22, 2024

ME 101 session 3 - Saudi Arabia: A Giant Awakened

64 hours 9 mins; September 23, 2024

Feeling the Heat: Gulf States and Climate Shifts

53 mins; September 15, 2024

ME 101 Session Two: The UAE - Paddling Faster Ahead of the Gulf Pack

66 hours 16 mins; September 06, 2024

ME 101 Opening Session: Transformations in the Reforming Economies of the Gulf

79 hours 56 mins; August 28, 2024

Iran’s New Presidency: Shifting Tides or Status Quo?

89 hours 36 mins; August 28, 2024

N-word No Longer: The Middle East, South-east Asia, and Nuclear Power

88 hours 11 mins; August 28, 2024

N-word No Longer: The Middle East, South-east Asia and Nuclear Power

63 hours 45 mins; July 31, 2024

[Book Talk] The Lost Decade - The US Pivot to Asia and the Rise of Chinese Power

89 hours 33 mins; July 16, 2024

[Book Talk] Hope and Despair: Israel's Future in the New Middle East

61 hours 15 mins; July 04, 2024

Crisis in the Geopolitics of MENA: “The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same.”

69 hours 14 mins; April 17, 2024

Crisis in the Geopolitics of MENA: “The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same.”

69 hours 14 mins; April 17, 2024

Regional Perceptions of China's Engagement in MENA

71 hours 43 mins; April 06, 2024

[Book Talk] Righteous Politics: Power and Resilience in Iran

60 hours 22 mins; March 15, 2024

[Book Talk] Gulf Monarchies after the Arab Spring

60 hours 14 mins; February 26, 2024

Does COP 28 Signal an End of Fossil Fuels

93 hours 54 mins; February 21, 2024

S R Nathan Distinguished Lecture 2023

95 hours 39 mins; December 18, 2023

COP 28: A course-correction COP?

77 hours 5 mins; November 13, 2023

ME 101 Closing Session

69 hours 23 mins; October 13, 2023

ME101 Lecture 8: Religion and Political Islam in the Middle East and Its Impact on Southeast Asia

78 hours 4 mins; October 09, 2023

ME 101 Lecture 7 - Women and Youth: A Force for Change

79 hours 51 mins; October 01, 2023

ME 101 Lecture 6: Whither Oil and Gas

74 hours 23 mins; September 24, 2023

ME101 Lecture 4 - Climate Change in the Desert

77 hours 39 mins; September 19, 2023

ME101 Lecture 5 - The Changing Gulf: Domestic Policies and Social Reforms

79 hours 52 mins; September 17, 2023

[Book Talk] New Military Strategies in the Gulf

76 hours 13 mins; September 10, 2023

ME101 Lecture 1：Great Power Competition – US, China and Russia in the Middle East

93 hours 53 mins; September 06, 2023

ME101 Lecture 3：Regional Realignment - Israel and Turkey: Non-Arab Regional Powerhouses in Changing Middle East

83 hours 2 mins; September 03, 2023

ME101 Lecture 2: Regional Realignment – Iran-Arab Relations: from Rivalry to Rapproachment

81 hours 46 mins; August 29, 2023

Humanitarian Works in Syria and Lebanon

47 mins; August 23, 2023

Hope & an Eye on the Future: The UAE’s Space Sector

78 hours 18 mins; August 17, 2023

Hydrogen - More Hype than Opportunity?

90 hours 2 mins; July 19, 2023

Communicating Credibility and Certainty in Qatar’s Foreign Policy

56 mins; May 19, 2023

Communicating Credibility and Certainty in Qatar’s Foreign Policy

56 mins; May 17, 2023

Gulf Reformers and South-east Asian Retrenchers

87 hours 28 mins; May 12, 2023

The Abraham Accords: Past, Present and Future

60 hours 53 mins; May 02, 2023

[Book Talk] The Indian Ocean as a New Political and Security Region

87 hours 55 mins; April 27, 2023

China-Mediated Agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran: A Remarkable Development?

61 hours 51 mins; April 06, 2023

Pushing the Boundaries: Gender and Climate Change in the GCC

57 mins; March 21, 2023

[Book Talk] Global Jihad: A Brief History

76 hours 55 mins; March 04, 2023

[Book Launch] Asian Perceptions of Gulf Security

98 hours 49 mins; February 23, 2023

Indigenising Islam as a Minority: A South African Community with Southeast Asian Origins, and the case of Shaykh Seraj Hendricks

87 hours 19 mins; February 16, 2023

Great Power Rivalry and the Middle East

59 mins; November 15, 2022

Sinostan: China’s Inadvertent Empire

65 hours 53 mins; November 08, 2022

COP 27 and the Middle East – From Ambitious Climate Pledges to Action?

121 hours 33 mins; October 26, 2022

Lecture #07: Geopolitical Competition in the Middle East | The Centrality of Central Asia

87 hours 23 mins; October 07, 2022

[Book Talk] Charity in Saudi Arabia: Civil Society under Authoritarianism

60 hours 56 mins; October 07, 2022

ME 101 Lecture #06: The Challenge Beyond Economics | What to Expect from Egypt Host of Upcoming UN Climate Conference (COP 27)

93 hours 2 mins; September 30, 2022

ME101 Lecture Series 2022 #05: Geopolitical Competition in the Middle East | Russia and the Middle East

82 hours 40 mins; September 27, 2022

ME 101 Lecture #04: Geopolitical Competition in the Middle East | China – Can the Dragon Tame the Middle East or will the Middle East Tame the Dragon?

91 hours 36 mins; September 22, 2022

ME101 Lecture Series 2022 #03: Geopolitical Competition in the Middle East | The US and its Allies – Boots on the Ground or Off Platforms

93 hours 23 mins; September 13, 2022

ME101 Lecture Series 2022 #02: Geopolitical Competition in the Middle East | Iran & Turkey – Spoilers of the Regional System?

97 hours 9 mins; September 06, 2022

Bridging the Gulf Episode 15 - Whither Self-Sufficiency? Unpacking the UAE’s Food Security Strategy

55 mins; September 05, 2022

ME101 Lecture Series 2022 #01- Geopolitical Competition in the Middle East | Competition within Cooperation: The Gulf States in Conciliatory Mood

84 hours 51 mins; August 31, 2022

[Boots Off the Ground: Security in Transition in the Middle East and Beyond ] Episode 29: Digital Authoritarianism

30 mins; August 30, 2022

ME 101 Lecture Series 2022 - Series Introduction

66 hours 29 mins; August 22, 2022

One Jump Ahead: Is the UAE leading the Gulf pack?

77 hours 53 mins; August 07, 2022

[Book Talk] Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East

65 hours 38 mins; July 28, 2022

[Boots Off the Ground: Security in Transition in the Middle East and Beyond] Episode 28: From Unit 8200 to Cybersecurity Training

34 mins; July 24, 2022

MEI Salon Cultural Segment IV - Technological Advances at the Hajj and Umrah

64 hours 46 mins; June 30, 2022

[Boots Off The Ground] Episode 27: Security in Transition in the Middle East and Beyond] Chinese PSC High Tech Sector in Complex Environments

24 mins; June 28, 2022

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: In Search of Silver Linings in the Energy Transition

59 mins; June 21, 2022

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