The Arab Monarchies of the Gulf:

ASERI is pleased to present the volume

The Arab monarchies of the Gulf.
New center of gravity in the Middle East 

by Cinzia Bianco and Matteo Legrenzi
The Mill

Monday 23 October 2023, 6.30 p.m.

in ASERI (Via San Vittore 18) and ONLINE

Introduces:

Vittorio Emanuele Parsi, Director of ASERI

Speakers:

Cinzia Bianco, Research fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations
Matteo Legrenzi, Full Professor of Political Science at Ca' Foscari University of Venice (will speak remotely)
Riccardo Redaelli, Full Professor of Asian History and Institutions, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart 

Few contemporary histories are as relevant as the rise of the Gulf monarchies: from secondary players on the Middle East chessboard to the new center of gravity of the enlarged Mediterranean and, finally, to key players on the delicate global balances after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The book tells this story, to learn more about the countries that ensure 20% of the world's energy resources, that act as important forces in financial balances and that condition political trajectories from the Mediterranean, to East Africa, to South-West Asia. From the Libyan conflict to tensions with Iran, from the security of routes and nerve centers to the delicate multipolar game between the United States, China and Russia, the Gulf monarchies are at the center of strategic interests for Europe, as well as for Italy. The book analyzes these dynamics in a clear form and describes the key role that the Arabian Peninsula plays in energy markets and in the transition to renewable forms of energy.

Authors:
Cinzia Bianco is a research fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, where she deals with European foreign policy towards the Gulf monarchies, and is a non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C. She has a PhD in Middle East Politics from the University of Exeter. 

Matteo Legrenzi teaches Political Science at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and is a research associate in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. A member of the Institute of International Affairs, he is the author of numerous essays on international relations in the Middle East.
 

Participation is free upon registration. 

Limited seats in the hall.

Info: info.aseri@unicatt.it