Abdullah Baabood is a nonresident senior scholar at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center. Baabood holds the chair of the state of Qatar for Islamic area studies and is a visiting professor at the Faculty of International Research and Education at Waseda University in Tokyo.
Baabood’s areas of expertise include the Gulf Cooperation Council’s political, economic, and social development, the Gulf States’ external relations and regional security, as well as government policies and public-private sector relations in the Gulf.
Baabood has worked as a professor and a researcher at numerous colleges and universities in Asia and Europe. Throughout his career, he designed, implemented, and delivered training programs on comparative regional integration between the EU and the Gulf at the GCC Secretariat General (Riyadh) and other GCC Diplomatic Institutes. He also took advisory and consultancy roles for several international research projects, international conferences, and other public and private institutions.
Baabood earned his PhD in international relations from the University of Cambridge. He also holds a master’s degree in international relations and an MBA from the University of Kent and Strayer College/University, respectively.
To create an environment more conducive to cooperation and development, U.S. and Chinese efforts should seek the endorsement of neighboring countries and regional organizations. Otherwise, regional and geopolitical rivalries will remain barriers.
An intensifying geostrategic rivalry between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates is challenging the GCC’s influence and unity.
The inclusion of Middle Eastern and North African countries in the BRICS group raises several pivotal questions: To address these questions and others, the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center is organizing a policy webinar on September 28, at 5:00 PM EEST. The speakers will be Alexander Kateb and (TBC).
Because of its reliance on the Gulf region for much of its oil and gas, China has a strong interest in preserving security in the region, an early example of which was its mediation of the recent Saudi Arabia-Iran reconciliation.
As the conflict in Yemen continues, one lesser-known aspect—the maritime stakes for Saudi Arabia and the UAE—will need to be addressed for the best chance of a lasting peace agreement.
The Chinese president’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia highlighted the Arabs’ desire to diversify their foreign relations.
The Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center will be holding its sixth annual conference on December 7–8, 2022, covering global political and economic issues, the main purpose of which is to anticipate what will happen in 2023.
Spot analysis from Carnegie scholars on events relating to the Middle East and North Africa.
The Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center will be holding its fifth annual conference on Wednesday, December 8, and Thursday, December 9, 2021, to delve deeper into what to expect in 2022.
