Saudi Arabia: A Conservative P(l)ayer on the Retreat?

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

WOCMES Seville, Seville Organisers: Three Cultures of the Mediterranean Foundation Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker)

Natural Resources in the MENA Region – Building a Sustainable Future under Difficult Conditions, Hamburg Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker)

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.

Saudi Arabia Post-Arab Spring: From Regional Ambitions to Domestic Realities, GIGA Berlin Office Friedrichstraße 206 - Eingang Zimmerstraße - 10969 Berlin Germany Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Jana Warkotsch (Moderator), Thomas F. Schneider (Panelist), Dr. Thomas Richter (Panelist), Dr. May Darwich (Panelist)

Lectures and Discussions

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), Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker), Dr. Jane Kinninmont (Speaker)

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

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

WOCMES Seville, Seville Organisers: Three Cultures of the Mediterranean Foundation Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker)

Natural Resources in the MENA Region – Building a Sustainable Future under Difficult Conditions, Hamburg Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker)