{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65b126b065dc2800150405b9/682d9b749a7e8b0aacd43a03?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Regional response: How Gulf monarchies leveraged Trump’s visit","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65b126b065dc2800150405b9/1747833221431-bfcc55ad-7814-498f-8e7e-e74f76716258.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In the latest episode of the WOMENP podcast series, <strong>Ellie Geranmayeh</strong> welcomes<strong> Dina Esfandiary, </strong>Middle East geoeconomics lead at Bloomberg; <strong>Yasmine Farouk, </strong>Gulf and Arabian Peninsula project director at International Crisis Group; and <strong>Dania Thafer</strong>, executive director at the Gulf International Forum. Together, they discuss how Arab Gulf monarchies used Trump’s latest visit to demonstrate their regional leverage—for example, Saudi Arabia leader Mohammad bin Salman emerged as a clear mover and shaker in brokering a historic meeting on Syria.</p><p><br></p><p>But did Saudi Arabia also make gains on the Palestine-Israel conflict?&nbsp;What are Qatar’s expectations as regional mediator on both the Gaza conflict and the Iran file? And how are Arab Gulf monarchies seeking to influence Trump on his deal-making attempts with Iran?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Listen to all past episodes of the WOMENP series here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://ecfr.eu/special/mena-women/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">WOMENP special website</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Bookshelf</strong></p><ol><li><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Desert-Kingdoms-Global-Powers-Rise/dp/0300192347\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Desert Kingdoms to Global Powers</a> </li><li><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/New-Order-Gulf-Rise-UAE-ebook/dp/B0BNKV4CN2/ref=sr_1_1?crid=38NC6UYWRT3M8&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.jkcpqjYg4YJGo4bdfjn4pSnWMB3goxPPiMLjSKbvjaW0fzcJel-GsjvFYG45pYUr.1zEyiZR8TMtaIYTGUf5jH1TqKF1XXjuLlxoogjUiyPU&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=dina+esfandiary&amp;qid=1747732779&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=dina+esfandiar%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C148&amp;sr=1-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">New Order in the Gulf: The Rise of the UAE</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Atlas-AI-Planetary-Artificial-Intelligence-ebook/dp/B08WKQ1MTM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KKHNNQNROHWB&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.aHTYJuSPARfoHikehFge2dzAnkvA19zXAaxTTMxhLvGTWExC3r-wPy0co2_99fT-lvDuTXfWtGXz-WpDLZ8wJVtLwv-4G47djZJmn9PrnSzqoYMAfHB4Y2xoAfYO1LHiingyrlsbiBmsj2Mp0xbi1ZOplcjJiE8Vkc-hvKf0TgX1e7G94MvLV28UsmAUDmVBF9Tz5zk7Q-L2EshC7dnRA83I9FxTkQJfWezBrNuwWXk.nUM3H-L9NpazfadRuZ5I_8s2kGLJaLTjQuBS3yx1uwE&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=the+atlas+of+AI&amp;qid=1747732873&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sprefix=the+atlas+of+ai%2Cdigital-text%2C159&amp;sr=1-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Our-Women-Ground-Essays-Reporting-ebook/dp/B07KDWBHLM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=19PTEYHWOWEXA&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1BkaGxRRDKCpWUwX99pu3GL20Rg7Wu9WkOF_rhNcE1A.WoK3JIL4p89gyxh5wxJOlLW6DRhg6IyDFJg-veZDN2Q&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=our+women+on+the+ground&amp;qid=1747732969&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sprefix=our+women+on+the+groun%2Cdigital-text%2C167&amp;sr=1-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World</a></li><li><a href=\"https://arablit.org/2017/03/07/an-excerpt-from-badriah-al-bishrs-love-stories-on-al-asha-street/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Love Stories on Al-Asha Street</a> </li><li><a href=\"https://ecfr.eu/publication/pieces-in-motion-rebalancing-power-in-a-new-levantine-order/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pieces in motion: Rebalancing power in a new Levantine order</a></li></ol><p><br></p>","author_name":"ECFR"}