Arbeitsmarktpolitik im Golfkooperationsrat (GCC)

Organiser: German Political Science Association (DVPW) Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker), Ferdinand Eibl (Speaker), Dr. Viola Lucas (Speaker)

10 Years After the Arab Spring, Online event Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Universität Hamburg, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Academy in Exile Prof. Dr. Amal El-Obeidi (Chair), Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker), Dr. Jane Kinninmont (Speaker)

Saudi Arabia & the United Arab Emirates: Spearheads of the Counterrevolution?

5 Jahre später! Konfliktverläufe und Konsequenzen des Arabischen Frühling im Nahen und Mittleren Osten, Bremen Organisers: Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen Parliament Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Consultant)

This paper looks at key trajectories of policy adjustment across member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)—a region shaped by state-controlled income from exporting hydrocarbons—since 2014, the year in which the price of crude oil dropped significantly.

Since summer 2014, the drop in world oil prices has left holes in the budgets of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members. Thus, in addition to privatising state-owned enterprises, these governments plan to introduce taxation for the first time ever. From the beginning of 2018, a value added tax…

This paper argues that trade and capital account reforms within autocracies underlie the primacy of foreign currency procurement. A longitudinal comparison of four countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan) in the Middle East and North Africa region shows a historical sequencing of reforms. In…

沙特阿拉伯邀请约旦、摩洛哥加入海湾合作理事会，至2013年5月，距邀 请发起日，已时隔两年。一如既往，这一提议可被视作一大重要信号，显 示出阿拉伯之春爆发后，君主专制国家不愿谢幕退场。 解析2011年起，埃及、也门、利比亚、突尼斯这四个实施共和政体的中东国 家里，国家元首纷纷倒台，而巴林、约旦、卡塔尔、科威特、摩洛哥、阿 曼、沙特阿拉伯、阿联酋这些君主制国家，现安然渡过了“阿拉伯之春” 巨变带来的冲击。尽管在这些国家里，大都发生了反政府示威活动，部分 示威活动甚至规模颇大，但是中东目前政治发展的主要趋势仍是：摇摇欲…

Despite massive production losses due to the attacks on Saudi Arabian facilities on 14 September 2019, the oil price has nevertheless remained stable. This illustrates two things: a return to the price level of over USD 100 a barrel is highly unlikely, while the oil-exporting Arab Gulf countries…

26. Internationaler DAVO-Kongress und 2. Tagung der Sektion Islamwissenschaft der DMG, Hamburg Organisers: German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation, Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft, Sektion Islamwissenschaft, Universität Hamburg Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker), Prof. Dr. Martin Beck (Speaker)

28. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der DVPW, Online Event Organisers: German Political Science Association Prof. Dr. Martin Beck (Speaker), Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker)

ECSSR Annual Conference, The Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research, Abu Dhabi Organisers: Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker)

Deutscher Orientalistentag, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster Organisers: Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft Prof. Dr. Martin Beck (Organiser), Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Organiser)

The Rentier State Approach and the Arab. Panel auf dem 32. Deutschen Orientalistentag

Weltregionen im Wandel, GIGA Hamburg, Hamburg Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker), Dr. Jens Heibach (Speaker)

Organiser: German Political Science Association (DVPW) Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker), Ferdinand Eibl (Speaker), Dr. Viola Lucas (Speaker)

10 Years After the Arab Spring, Online event Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Universität Hamburg, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Academy in Exile Prof. Dr. Amal El-Obeidi (Chair), Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker), Dr. Jane Kinninmont (Speaker)

Saudi Arabia & the United Arab Emirates: Spearheads of the Counterrevolution?

5 Jahre später! Konfliktverläufe und Konsequenzen des Arabischen Frühling im Nahen und Mittleren Osten, Bremen Organisers: Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen Parliament Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Consultant)