Oil and Political Economy in the Middle East: Overcoming Rentierism?

Speaker, Speaker | 09/11/2021

Whither Rentierism: Trajectories of Adjustment in the Arab Gulf after the Era of Oil Income Abundance

At a talk at the workshop "State-Society Relations & Institutional Channels of Economic Reform in the GCC" on 9 November 2021 Martin Beck and Thomas Richter discussed a paper which looks at key trajectories of adjustment in the Arab Gulf since 2014.

Prof. Dr. Martin Beck

Associate

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Speaker | 26/10/2021

Book Launch | Oil and the Political Economy in the Middle East

Thomas Richter launched his book "Oil and the Political Economy in the Middle East" at an event of the Middle East Institute in Washington on 26 October 2021. The book offers a comprehensive analysis of the Middle Eastern political economy in response to the 2014 oil price decline with timely contributions on the Covid-19 induced price crash in 2020.

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Speaker, Speaker | 16/09/2021

Vom Überfluss zur Knappheit: Rentierstaatlichkeit im arabischen Golf

Conference 16/09/2021

Prof. Dr. Martin Beck

Associate

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Speaker, Speaker | 13/10/2022

State, Class, and Autonomy in Hydrocarbon Societies: A Revival

Conference 13/10/2022

Prof. Dr. Martin Beck

University of Kurdistan Hewlêr

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Deutsche Welle | Quote | 17/10/2018

مصالح الاقتصادية تكبل الأوروبيين في قضية خاشقجي!

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Deutsche Welle | Quote | 03/12/2018

Katars OPEC-Abschied: ein vielschichtiges Signal

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Deutsche Welle | Expert Comment / Guest Contribution | 22/12/2015

Saudi-Arabien auf der Suche nach seiner Zukunft

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Al Ittihad | Quote | 12/04/2018

تحديات المنطقة: الطاقة والتحالفات الإقليمية

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Magazin Zenith | Quote | 19/06/2019

Hafen Duqm im Oman. Hier baut Oman an seiner Zukunft

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Deutsche Welle | Quote | 03/12/2018

Qatar's OPEC exit rooted in Gulf region's diplomatic unrest

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Global Policy | 2016

Policy Diffusion among Democracies and Autocracies: A Comparison of Trade Reforms and Nuclear Energy

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Stefan Wurster

Research & Politics | 2016

State Hydrocarbon Rents, Authoritarian Survival and the Onset of Democracy: Evidence from a New Dataset

Dr. Viola Lucas

Associate

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Edited Volume | Manchester University Press | 08/2021

Oil and the Political Economy in the Middle East: Post-2014 Adjustment Policies of the Arab Gulf and Beyond

Prof. Dr. Martin Beck

Associate

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Chapter in Edited Volume | 08/2021

Pressured by the Decreased Price of Oil: Post-2014 Adjustment Policies in the Arab Gulf and Beyond

Prof. Dr. Martin Beck

Associate

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Energy Research and Social Science | 09/2022

Whither Rentierism Following the 2014 Oil Price Decline: Trajectories of Policy Adjustment in the Arab Gulf

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.

Prof. Dr. Martin Beck

Associate

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Informationen zur politischen Bildung: Naher Osten | 12/2016

Entwicklung und Struktur der Wirtschaft

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Informationen zur politischen Bildung: Naher Osten | 12/2016

Arbeitsmarktpolitik im Golfkooperationsrat (GCC)

Dr. Viola Lucas

Associate

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

GIGA Focus Middle East | 3/2017

Structural Reform in the Arab Gulf States – Limited Influence of the G20

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

GIGA Focus Middle East | 6/2019

From Abundance to Scarcity: Oil Revenues of the Arab Gulf States Under Pressure

Prof. Dr. Martin Beck

Associate

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Chapter in Edited Volume | 12/2019

Oil and the Rentier State in the Middle East

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Global Policy | 02/2020

New Petro-Aggression in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia in the Spotlight

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Speaker, Speaker | 09/11/2021

Whither Rentierism: Trajectories of Adjustment in the Arab Gulf after the Era of Oil Income Abundance

At a talk at the workshop "State-Society Relations & Institutional Channels of Economic Reform in the GCC" on 9 November 2021 Martin Beck and Thomas Richter discussed a paper which looks at key trajectories of adjustment in the Arab Gulf since 2014.

Prof. Dr. Martin Beck

Associate

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Speaker | 26/10/2021

Book Launch | Oil and the Political Economy in the Middle East

Thomas Richter launched his book "Oil and the Political Economy in the Middle East" at an event of the Middle East Institute in Washington on 26 October 2021. The book offers a comprehensive analysis of the Middle Eastern political economy in response to the 2014 oil price decline with timely contributions on the Covid-19 induced price crash in 2020.

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Speaker, Speaker | 16/09/2021

Vom Überfluss zur Knappheit: Rentierstaatlichkeit im arabischen Golf

Conference 16/09/2021

Prof. Dr. Martin Beck

Associate

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Speaker, Speaker | 13/10/2022

State, Class, and Autonomy in Hydrocarbon Societies: A Revival

Conference 13/10/2022

Prof. Dr. Martin Beck

University of Kurdistan Hewlêr

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Deutsche Welle | Quote | 17/10/2018

مصالح الاقتصادية تكبل الأوروبيين في قضية خاشقجي!

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Deutsche Welle | Quote | 03/12/2018

Katars OPEC-Abschied: ein vielschichtiges Signal

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Deutsche Welle | Expert Comment / Guest Contribution | 22/12/2015

Saudi-Arabien auf der Suche nach seiner Zukunft

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Al Ittihad | Quote | 12/04/2018

تحديات المنطقة: الطاقة والتحالفات الإقليمية

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Magazin Zenith | Quote | 19/06/2019

Hafen Duqm im Oman. Hier baut Oman an seiner Zukunft

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Deutsche Welle | Quote | 03/12/2018

Qatar's OPEC exit rooted in Gulf region's diplomatic unrest

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Global Policy | 2016

Policy Diffusion among Democracies and Autocracies: A Comparison of Trade Reforms and Nuclear Energy

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Stefan Wurster

Research & Politics | 2016

State Hydrocarbon Rents, Authoritarian Survival and the Onset of Democracy: Evidence from a New Dataset

Dr. Viola Lucas

Associate

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Edited Volume | Manchester University Press | 08/2021

Oil and the Political Economy in the Middle East: Post-2014 Adjustment Policies of the Arab Gulf and Beyond

Prof. Dr. Martin Beck

Associate

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Chapter in Edited Volume | 08/2021

Pressured by the Decreased Price of Oil: Post-2014 Adjustment Policies in the Arab Gulf and Beyond

Prof. Dr. Martin Beck

Associate

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Energy Research and Social Science | 09/2022

Whither Rentierism Following the 2014 Oil Price Decline: Trajectories of Policy Adjustment in the Arab Gulf

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.

Prof. Dr. Martin Beck

Associate

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Informationen zur politischen Bildung: Naher Osten | 12/2016

Entwicklung und Struktur der Wirtschaft

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Informationen zur politischen Bildung: Naher Osten | 12/2016

Arbeitsmarktpolitik im Golfkooperationsrat (GCC)

Dr. Viola Lucas

Associate

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

GIGA Focus Middle East | 3/2017

Structural Reform in the Arab Gulf States – Limited Influence of the G20

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

GIGA Focus Middle East | 6/2019

From Abundance to Scarcity: Oil Revenues of the Arab Gulf States Under Pressure

Prof. Dr. Martin Beck

Associate

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Chapter in Edited Volume | 12/2019

Oil and the Rentier State in the Middle East

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Global Policy | 02/2020

New Petro-Aggression in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia in the Spotlight

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Speaker, Speaker | 09/11/2021

Whither Rentierism: Trajectories of Adjustment in the Arab Gulf after the Era of Oil Income Abundance

At a talk at the workshop "State-Society Relations & Institutional Channels of Economic Reform in the GCC" on 9 November 2021 Martin Beck and Thomas Richter discussed a paper which looks at key trajectories of adjustment in the Arab Gulf since 2014.

Prof. Dr. Martin Beck

Associate

Dr. Thomas Richter

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"

Speaker | 26/10/2021

Book Launch | Oil and the Political Economy in the Middle East

Thomas Richter launched his book "Oil and the Political Economy in the Middle East" at an event of the Middle East Institute in Washington on 26 October 2021. The book offers a comprehensive analysis of the Middle Eastern political economy in response to the 2014 oil price decline with timely contributions on the Covid-19 induced price crash in 2020.