• Samin, Nadav, “Power and Anxiety in the Kingdom: The Saudi Clergy Across One Century.” Oxford University Press, 2026.

Analyses

• Analysis: “Days of Deadly Houthi Attacks Show Saudi Arabia’s Vulnerabilities.” The New York Times, October 9, 2026.

• Analysis: “Saudi Fiscal Deficit To Be Larger Than Budgeted in 2026.” Tim Callen, AGSI, October 1, 2026.

• Analysis: “China’s Cautious but Steady Advance in the Gulf.” Robert Mogielnicki, AGSI, September 29, 2026.

• Analysis: “Gulf Oil Exporters to Build Storage in Asia.” Ben Cahill, AGSI, September 30, 2026.

• Analysis: “Iran war mutes Gulf rivalries.” Semafor, Semafor, September 30, 2026.

• Analysis: “Saudi Labor Market Holds Firm in Face of Regional Conflict.” Tim Callen, AGSI, September 30, 2026.

• Analysis: “A Saudi-UAE Thaw?“ Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, AGSI, October 2, 2026.

• Analysis: “Saudi Current Account Back in Deficit in the Second Quarter.” Tim Callen, AGSI, October 2, 2026.

• Analysis: “America’s Dilemma in the Middle East.” Khalid Al-Jaber, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, October 6, 2026.

• Analysis: “Where Does Lebanon Fit in the Emerging Regional Trade Network?” Said Bakr, AGSI, October 6, 2026.

Podcast, Webinar & interview

• Podcast: “The Dilemma of Work That Represents Saudis.” with Faisal Al-Amer, Al-Nashra Al-Sinemaiya, September 21, 2026.

• Podcast: “Saudi Homeownership: More Progress in the Last 10 Years Than the Previous 50 Combined.” Mo Show, September 30, 2026.

• Podcast: “Yemen’s Restoration Begins.” discussed by Nayef Al-Osaimi and Omar Al-Omran, Al-Fajr Podcast, October 7, 2026.

• Interview: “Former Etihad CEO James Hogan on the future of Gulf aviation.” Gulf Business, October 5, 2026.

• Webinar: “Is the U.S.-Iran Stalemate a “New Normal” or the Prelude to Another Explosion?” AGSI, October 7, 2026.

• Book: Cengiz, Sinem, “Qatar’s Vision 2030 in Focus: Assessing Trajectories and Reimagining Future Pathways.” Ethics Press, 2026. [English].

Research

• Research: “Does governance effectiveness reduce carbon emissions? Shedding light on Saudi Arabia as cornerstone of GCC sustainability initiatives.” Najib H.S. Farhan, Waleed M. Alahdal and Muskan Sahu, Management & Sustainability: An Arab Review, September 15, 2026.

• Research: “Does Integrated Reporting Enhance the Value Relevance of Corporate Governance? Evidence from Saudi Arabia.” Mohammed Saleem Alatawi, Sustainability, September 13, 2026.

Analyses

• Analysis: “Bankers Who Once Chased Gulf IPOs Look Elsewhere.” Laura Gardner Cuesta, Bloomberg, September 14, 2026.

• Analysis: “Gulf Arab States Explore New Options as U.S. Bases Fail to Deter Iran.” Vivian Nereim, The New York Times, September 15, 2026.

• Analysis: “Few took the Houthis seriously. A coalition is now needed to stop them.” Semafor, Semafor, September 16, 2026.

• Analysis: “Saudi Arabia Has Another Option to Get Its Oil Out.” Carol Ryan, The Wall Street Journal, September 17, 2026.

• Analysis: “Saudi Economic Recovery Delayed by New Threats.” Tim Callen, AGSI, September 21, 2026.

• Analysis: “UAE-Iran Relations: Pulling Geoeconomic Levers.” Robert Mogielnicki, AGSI, September 21, 2026.

• Analysis: “The U.S. Data Center Struggle and the Gulf Offer.” Jesse Marks, AGSI, September 23, 2026.

• Analysis: “The Gulf’s Shift to Layered Security.” John Calabrese, AGSI, September 24, 2026.

• Analysis: “Gaming in the Gulf.” Rebecca Anne Proctor, AGSI, September 25, 2026.

Podcasts & Webinars

• Podcast: “The Strategy Behind Saudi Arabia’s Push for Olympic Medals.” Guest Abdulaziz Baeshen, The Mo Show, September 8, 2026.

• Podcast: “The Dilemma of Work That Represents Saudis” The Cinematic Newsletter, September 21, 2026.

• Webinar: “Preparing for the Gulf’s Economic Infrastructure Buildout.” AGSI, September 14, 2026.

• Book: Mahjoob Zweiri and Nesibe Hicret Battaloglu (eds.) “The Contemporary United Arab Emirates: From Surviving State to Assertive Power.” Springer, May 2026.

• Research of the Week: “Determinants of CO2 Emissions in Hydrocarbon-Dependent Economies: A Multi-Method Panel Analysis of GCC Countries.” Ihsen Abid, Economies, September 7, 2026.

• Research: “Policy Implementation and Competitiveness Ranking Trajectories in the GCC: Examining Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 Relative to Resource-Similar Peers (2022–2026).” Fouad Ahmed Atallah, Economies, September 7, 2026.

• Research: “The Stability-Instability Paradox and the Evolving Balance of Terror in the Middle East.” Thomas Juneau, Middle East Policy, September 12, 2026.

• Analysis of the Week: “The End of Saudi Restraint in Iraq.” Muhanad Seloom, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, September 10, 2026.

• Analysis: “Emerging Technologies and U.S. Military Power in the Gulf.” Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco, AGSI, September 8, 2026.

• Analysis: “Hili Forum 2026: Shaping the Post-War Gulf.” Khalid Al-Jaber, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, September 8, 2026.

• Analysis: “The Mecca Pact’s Credibility Gap.” Doga Eralp, War on the Rocks, September 9, 2026.

• Analysis: “Navigating Solutions to the Strait of Hormuz Blockade.” Huzeir Ezekiel Dzulhisham and Nicholas Lim, ORF Middle East, September 9, 2026.

• Analysis: “Gulf corporate profits in second quarter show growing divide between economies.” Mohammed Sergie, Semafor, September 10, 2026.

• Analysis: “The case for an independent fiscal watchdog in Saudi Arabia.” Amir Khan, AGBI, September 7, 2026.

• Analysis: “Hormuz Needs a Community, Not a Condominium.” Raad Alkadiri, CSIS, September 11, 2026.

• Analysis: “Future Gulf Economic Resilience in Energy, Infrastructure, and Influence.” Karen E. Young, AGSI, September 11, 2026.

• Analysis: “Asia’s reliance on Gulf oil will outlast Hormuz crisis.” Francesca Washtell, AGBI, September 11, 2026.

• Report: “Oil Market Report – September 2026.” International Energy Agency (IEA), September 11, 2026.

• Report: “Monthly Oil Market Report – September 2026.” OPEC, September 10, 2026.

• Podcast: “The Strategy Behind Saudi Arabia’s Push for Olympic Medals.” Guest: Abdulaziz Baeshen, The Mo Show, September 8, 2026.

• Webinar: “Preparing for the Gulf’s Economic Infrastructure Buildout.” Speakers: Robert Mogielnicki, Justin Alexander, Ben Cahill and Mohammed Soliman, AGSI, September 9, 2026.

• Webinar: “The Challenge of Gulf-China Ties: Reassessing Beijing’s Role After the Iran War.” Speakers: Mohammed Al-Sudairi, Aaron Glasserman, and Chuchu Zhang, AGSI, August 27, 2026.

• Book: Teitelbaum, Joshua, “King Abdullah and the Saudi Arabian National Guard Tribes and Networks in Modern Saudi Arabia.” Stanford Press, October, 2026.

• Research: “Visions of Gulf Security in an Era of Uncertainty: Between External Alignment and Regional Autonomy.” Rory Miller and Şaban Kardaş, Middle East Policy, September 4, 2026.

• Analysis: “The Iran War and the Gulf’s Clean Energy Ambitions.” Christopher Gooding, AGSI, August 31, 2026.

• Analysis: “Trump’s ‘American Opec’ is a challenge to the Gulf.” Frank Kane, AGBI, September 1, 2026.

• Analysis: “Gulf’s biggest port Jebel Ali waits for the war to end.” Manal Albarakati, Semafor, September 2, 2026.

• Analysis: “The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement: The Makings of a New Security Architecture.” Middle East Council on Global Affairs, September 2, 2026.

• Analysis: “Gulf States Divide the Work of Rebuilding Syria.” Dania Arayssi, AGSI, September 1, 2026.

• Analysis: “The Gulf Economic Infrastructure Buildout.” Robert Mogielnicki, AGSI, September 3, 2026.

• Analysis: “When It Comes to US Security Arrangements, Gulf States Suffer an Agency Deficit.” Khalid Al-Jufairi, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, September 3, 2026.

• Webinar: “Operation Economic Outcast: Will Economic Pressure on Iran Work, and Are the Gulf Countries On Board?“ Speakers: Tareq Alotaiba, Sara Bazoobandi, Ryan Bohl and Kristin Smith Diwan, AGSI, September 2, 2026.

• Book: Dargin, Justin, “The Gulf’s Climate Reckoning: Decarbonization, Development, and the Future of the Petro-States.” Cambridge University Press, October 2025.

Research

• Research: “Qatar and Iran: Market Access Under Geopolitical Conflict.” Ahmet Hakan Özkan, Middle East Policy, August 20, 2026.

• Research: “‘We Would Gather These Grieved’: Recentring South Asian Migrants and Their Political Mobilization in British Arabia.” Hessa Alnuaimi, Middle East Critique, August 17, 2026.

• Research: “Tourism Development and Women’s Empowerment in Saudi Arabia Under Vision 2030: Evidence-Based Insights from ARDL Testing.” Talal F. Abuhulaibah, Muhammad Tahir and Umar Burki, Economies, August 18, 2026.

Analysis

• Analysis: “Quantifying Almahr: the entry price into the ‘Marriage Market’.” Meshal Alkhowaiter, Saudi Labor Pulse, Aug 27, 2026.

• Analysis: “Is It Time for Saudi Arabia To Find New Yemeni Allies?” Newlines, July 27, 2026.

• Analysis: “Gulf oil and gas industries embrace the unconventional.” Robin Mills, AGBI, August 17, 2026.

• Analysis: “Diplomacy Cannot Work with Mediators Under Fire.” Abdulla Banndar Al-Etaibi, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, August 18, 2026.

• Analysis: “Diversification Without Substitution: What the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement Offers Saudi Arabia.” Unit for Political Studies, Arab Center Washington DC, August 19, 2026.

• Analysis: “How a Journey to Kuwait During the Iran War Revealed a Divided Gulf.” Newlines, August 19, 2026.

• Analysis: “The Gulf’s solar revolution is running late.” Christopher Gooding, AGBI, August 21, 2026.

• Analysis: “Oman’s Quiet Return to the Region’s Center.” Clemens Chay, AGSI, August 21, 2026.

• Analysis: “Why Has the Price of Oil Remained Below War-Time Expectations?“ Frédéric Schneider, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, August 23, 2026.

• Analysis: “Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Turn: Power Beyond Electricity.” Jim Krane, Arab Center Washington DC, August 27, 2026.

• Analysis: “Six months on: war means the Gulf must work harder for prosperity.” Andrew Cunningham, AGBI, August 27, 2026.

Podcasts & Webinars

• Podcast: “Saudi Arabia’s Regional Challenges and the Future of the Gulf.” Jasser Al-Jasser, Al-Kalam Khaleeji, August 22, 2026. [Eng Subtitle].

• Podcast: “What Happens Behind the Doors of the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts.” Ali Al Madhani, Arab Cast, August 18, 2026.

• Webinar: “The Challenge of Gulf-China Ties: Reassessing Beijing’s Role After the Iran War.” Speakers: Robert Mogielnicki, Mohammed Al-Sudairi, Aaron Glasserman and Chuchu Zhang, AGSI, August 25, 2026.

• Book: Janardhan, N., “Global Gulf: Geo-Economic, Geo-Political, and Geo-Technological Transformation in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar.” Gerlach Press, August 2026.

• Research: “Not Little Sparta: Militarisation and the politics of constraint in Kuwait.” Pete Moore and Sean Yom, European Journal of International Security, August 5, 2026.

• Research: “Transitioning Power: Exploring Candidate Selection and Leadership Succession in the Persian Gulf Monarchies” Wojciech Grabowski, Maciej Hartliński and Robert Czulda, Politeja, August 4, 2026.

• Analysis: “Fearing Iran, Saudi Arabia Looks To Draw Turkey and Nuclear-Armed Pakistan Closer.” Sultan Alamer, New Lines Magazine, August 10, 2026.

• Analysis: “The Trump Administration Throws Gulf AI a Lifeline.” Andrew Leber, Alasdair Phillips-Robins and Sam Winter-Levy, Just Security, August 7, 2026.

• Analysis: “Striking the Grid: Iran’s Campaign Against Kuwaiti Water.” Raphaël Le Magoariec, AGSI, August 4, 2026.

• Analysis: “Great Gulf pipeline race: which routes will actually be built?“ Sally Vanderpump, AGBI, August 1, 2026.

• Analysis: “Saudi Arabia still views the US as its main strategic partner – despite Trump’s nuclear agreement conditions.” Neil Quilliam, Chatham House, August 5, 2026.

• Analysis: “Why Trump’s Israel Normalization Demand May Kill the Saudi Nuclear Deal.” H. A. Hellyer, War on the Rocks, August 5, 2026.

• Analysis: “The Trump Presidency, Iran War, and U.S.-Gulf Economic Relationship.” Tim Callen, AGSI, August 3, 2026.

• Analysis: “Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Dilemma.” Unit for Political Studies, Arab Center Washington DC, August 5, 2026.

• Analysis: “Saudi economy faces trifecta of problems from Houthi blockade.” Matein Khalid, AGBI, August 4, 2026.

• Podcast: “Christian Henderson, ‘Monarchies of Extraction: The Gulf States in the Global Food System’.” Host Alec Fiorini, New Books Network, 2026.

• Podcast: “From Saddam Hussein to the Iran Era: Why Has Iraq Failed to Win Over Saudi Arabia?” Majed Ibrahim hosts Hassan Al-Mustafa, Gulf Talk Podcast, August 5, 2026.

• Podcast: “Expat Motherhood in Saudi Arabia: Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond.” with Lina and Christie, Saudi Life: Unpacked, August 4, 2026.

• Webinar: “Beyond the Strait: The Future of Global Energy Security.” Speakers: Kate Dourian, Carole Nakhle, Robin Mills and Adnan Shihab-Eldin, AGSI, August 11, 2026.

• Book: Salloukh, Bassel, Darwich, May and Shamaileh, Ammar, “The Arab State After the Uprisings: Theoretical and Empirical Reverberations.” Manchester University Press, October 2026, English.

• Research: “Post-Oil Transition and Capital Intensity: Firm-Level Evidence on Renewable Energy and Environmental Performance in Saudi Arabia.” Chokri Zehri, OPEC Energy Review, July 31, 2026, English.

• Research: “Foreign Aid as Statecraft: Muslim Donors in the Horn of Africa.” Yunus Turhan, Middle East Policy, July 26, 2026, English.

• Analysis: “Gulf energy can bypass the Strait of Hormuz, but only with political unity.” Naser Alsayed, Chatham House, July 30, 2026, English.

• Analysis: “The Gulf on the Threshold of a New Nuclear Map.” Khalid Al-Jaber, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, July 28, 2026, English.

• Analysis: “What the US–Saudi Nuclear Agreement May Change and What it May Defer.” Ludovica Castelli and Nour Eid, Stimson Center, July 27, 2026, English.

• Analysis: “Why the Gulf’s Oil Export Future Lies in Southeast Asia.” Hannan Hussain, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, July 27, 2026, English.

• Analysis: “Parsing Trump’s Decision to (Maybe) Give Uranium Enrichment to Saudi Arabia.” Richard Nephew, War on the Rocks, July 29, 2026, English.

• Analysis: “The Channels of China’s Currency Promotion in Gulf Markets.” Andrew Bonney, Carnegie Endowment (Sada), July 30, 2026, English.

• Analysis: “Business as usual? No, but Gulf banks will still be profitable.” Andrew Cunningham, AGBI, July 30, 2026, English.

• Analysis: “Oman weighs its fragile peace dividend.” Frank Kane, AGBI, July 28, 2026, English.

• Analysis: “Can Kuwait secure a Saudi-style defense pact with Pakistan?“ Sabena Siddiqui, Al-Monitor, July 26, 2026, English.

• Analysis: “How Gulf banks are absorbing Iran war shocks.” Jack Dutton, Al-Monitor, July 26, 2026, English.

• Podcast: “How Did Mohammed bin Rashid Change the Concept of Government?” Ali bin Sebaa Al Marri, Arab Cast, July 30, 2026. [Eng Translation].

• Podcast: “When Will Saudi Arabia Build Nuclear Reactors?” host Khalid Al-Issa, Socrat Podcast, July 28, 2026. [Eng Translation].

• Podcast: “Yemen and the New Battle for the Red Sea.” speakers Yasmeen Al-Eryani, Frédéric Schneider, Cinzia Bianco, and Rafat Al-Akhali, ME Council, Jul 30, 2026.

• Webinar: “Sensitive Diplomacy: The US-Saudi Nuclear Agreement.” Speakers: Michael Ratney and F. Gregory Gause III MEI, July 29, 2026.

• Webinar: “The Battle for Global Trade Routes: Hormuz, the Red Sea, and Alternative Corridors.” Speakers: Ambassador Patrick Theros, Professor David Des Roches, Dr. Dania Arayssi, Robin Mills, and Mohammed Baharoon, Gulf International Forum, July 28, 2026.

• Podcast: “Freediving, Mental Strength & the Beauty of the Red Sea.” The Mo Show, Salma Shaker, July 13, 2026.

• Book: Simons, Gregory John, Khaled Al-Kassimi, and Kleanthis Kyriakidis, eds. “Guardians of the Gulf: Navigating Security Challenges.” June 2026, Springer Nature Switzerland.

• Research: “Gender, race and migrant labour: experiences of African women in Saudi Arabia.” Munuhe Maina, Third World Quarterly, July 2, 2026.

• Research: “The energy transition of the United Arab Emirates 2008–2023: From Masdar City to COP28.” Małgorzata Kamola-Cieślik, Fuad Jomma and Dana Mohammed Danish Aladdin Sajadi, Baltic Journal of Economic Studies, July 3, 2026.

• Research: “Governing artificial intelligence in the financial sector: regulatory challenges and policy implications in Saudi Arabia.” Muez Osman, AI and Ethics, July 6, 2026.

• Research: “Legal grounds for imposing liability on insider trading activities occurring in the Saudi Stock market.” Abdullah Faraj Al Dossari, Cogent Social Sciences, July 7, 2026.

• Research: “Decentralised nutritional authority: how food-delivery platforms reshape household provisioning in Qatar.” Asma H. Malkawi and Maryam Melhim, British Food Journal, July 7, 2026.

• Analysis: “The Geopolitics of Reviving the Hejaz Railway.” Giorgio Cafiero, AGSI, July 1, 2026.

• Analysis: “The Omani Route Toward a New Maritime Security Order.” Khalid Al-Jaber, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, July 1, 2026.

• Analysis: “In the Middle East and North Africa, America and China Converge More Than They Diverge.” Amr Hamzawy and Kathryn Selfe, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, July 1, 2026.

• Analysis: “Syria Is the Answer.” William Roebuck, AGSI, July 2, 2026.

• Analysis: “Trump’s Family Business Deals Risk Further Undermining the Credibility of US Middle East Policy.” Brian Katulis, Middle East Institute, July 2, 2026.

• Analysis: “All About Those Ports.” Robert Mogielnicki, AGSI, July 6, 2026.

• Analysis: “After the Hormuz Crisis, No Return to the Status Quo.” Kate Dourian, AGSI, July 7, 2026.

• Analysis: “Pakistan and Qatar’s Emergence as Key Mediators in Iran-U.S. Diplomacy.” Giorgio Cafiero, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, July 7, 2026.

• Analysis: “Saudi Arabia Weathers the Iran War Thanks to Investments in ‘Economic Resiliency.’” Tim Callen, AGSI, July 8, 2026.

• Analysis: “How the Future of Hormuz Is Testing Oman’s Balancing Act.” Paul Wallace, Bloomberg, July 9, 2026.

• Analysis: “The Hormuz Blockade Experience Is Forcing Food Security Adaptation.” Logan Cochrane, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, July 9, 2026.

• Analysis: “Iran Uses Diplomacy and Coercion to Perpetuate Control of the Strait of Hormuz.” Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco, Stimson Center, July 9, 2026.

• Analysis: “Why Oil Was Never in Danger of Reaching $200 a Barrel.” Francesca Washtell, AGBI, July 10, 2026.

• Interview: “Jassim Al-Mutawa and the Souk Al-Manakh Era.” The Black Box, July 10, 2026.

• Webinar: “How Gulf Economies Withstood the Hormuz Crisis.” ORF, July 3, 2026.

• Podcast: “What Our Airlines Are Missing—and What Riyadh Air Brings.” Socrates Podcast, July 8, 2026.

• Podcast: “Do the Gulf States Need a New Playbook?” Middle East Focus, Jul 2, 2026.