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[Book Talk] Iron Dome - A History of Israel's Military Strategy

MEI Annual Conference 2026 - Panel 3

MEI Annual Conference 2026 - Panel 2

MEI Annual Conference 2026 - Panel 1

MEI Annual Conference 2026 - Minister Chan Chun Sing

China, Energy and Geopolitics during the Middle East Crisis

Gulf States Amid the Iran War - Social, Economic and Diplomatic Implications

US-Israel-Iran: Implications for Geopolitics, International Law and the Global Economy

China's Digital Silk Road in the Middle East

[Book Talk] Narratives of Sino-Middle Eastern Futures

S R Nathan Distinguished Lecture 2025

The Prince and the President: US-Saudi Relations in Focus

[Bridging the Gulf Series] Session 19: Strategic UAE - The Engine Behind the UAE's AI Vision

[Book Talk] Twilight of the Saints: The History and Politics of Salafism in Contemporary Egypt

Trump, Israel and Regional Backlash: Understanding Anti-Americanism in the Middle East

China’s Strategy in the Middle East and Prospects for the US-China Engagement

Panel 3: What Lies Ahead?

Panel 2: Middle East and External Powers

Panel 1: Winners and Losers in a New Regional Order

MEI Annual Conference 2025 - Minister Shanmugam session

[Book Talk] Japan and the Middle East

Iran-Israel 12-Day War: Implications for Persian Gulf's Security Order

[Book Talk] Building the Belt and Road Initiative in the Arab World – China’s Middle East Math

[Book Talk] Qatar and the United Arab Emirates: Diverging Paths to Regional and Global Power

Looking Beyond Trump's 'Trillion-Dollar' Diplomacy in the Gulf

Jordan’s Balancing Act - Seeking Stability Amid Regional Turmoil

ME Outlook 2025: The Gulf’s Diversification Through Minerals and AI

ME Outlook 2025: US' Middle East Policy Under President Trump

ME Outlook 2025: The Gulf in the Energy Market

ME Outlook 2025: China’s Expanding Footprint in North Africa

ME Outlook 2025: Shifting Security Dynamics in the Gulf

ME Outlook 2025: Syria in Transition

ME Outlook 2025: Japan's Priorities in the Middle East

ME Outlook 2025: Iran Under Pezeshkian

ME Outlook 2025: China's Middle East Policy

ME Outlook 2025: What's Next for Jordan in the Middle East?

MEI 2024 Round-up with General David Petraeus and Mr Bilahari Kausikan

S R Nathan Distinguished Lecture 2024

ME Outlook 2025: US-China Competition in the Middle East

Closing Session (30 Oct 2024) – The Mirage of Stability in the Middle East

[MEI Salon Series] Tradition within Modernism: Mosque Architecture under Singapore’s Mosque Building Fund

[Book Launch] How to Lose a War: The Story of America’s Intervention in Afghanistan

From the UAE to Azerbaijan: COP 29 Expectations and Challenges

ME 101 Session 5: Renewable Energy Sources: Pre-empting a Sunset Oil Industry

ME 101 session 3 - Saudi Arabia: A Giant Awakened

Feeling the Heat: Gulf States and Climate Shifts

ME 101 Session Two: The UAE - Paddling Faster Ahead of the Gulf Pack

ME 101 Opening Session: Transformations in the Reforming Economies of the Gulf

Iran’s New Presidency: Shifting Tides or Status Quo?

N-word No Longer: The Middle East, South-east Asia, and Nuclear Power

[Book Talk] The Lost Decade - The US Pivot to Asia and the Rise of Chinese Power

[Book Talk] Hope and Despair: Israel's Future in the New Middle East

Crisis in the Geopolitics of MENA: “The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same.”

Crisis in the Geopolitics of MENA: “The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same.”

Regional Perceptions of China's Engagement in MENA

[Book Talk] Righteous Politics: Power and Resilience in Iran

[Book Talk] Gulf Monarchies after the Arab Spring

Does COP 28 Signal an End of Fossil Fuels

S R Nathan Distinguished Lecture 2023

COP 28: A course-correction COP?

ME 101 Closing Session

ME101 Lecture 8: Religion and Political Islam in the Middle East and Its Impact on Southeast Asia

ME 101 Lecture 7 - Women and Youth: A Force for Change

ME 101 Lecture 6: Whither Oil and Gas

ME101 Lecture 4 - Climate Change in the Desert

ME101 Lecture 5 - The Changing Gulf: Domestic Policies and Social Reforms

[Book Talk] New Military Strategies in the Gulf

ME101 Lecture 1：Great Power Competition – US, China and Russia in the Middle East

ME101 Lecture 3：Regional Realignment - Israel and Turkey: Non-Arab Regional Powerhouses in Changing Middle East

ME101 Lecture 2: Regional Realignment – Iran-Arab Relations: from Rivalry to Rapproachment

Humanitarian Works in Syria and Lebanon

Hope & an Eye on the Future: The UAE’s Space Sector

Hydrogen - More Hype than Opportunity?

Communicating Credibility and Certainty in Qatar’s Foreign Policy

Communicating Credibility and Certainty in Qatar’s Foreign Policy

Gulf Reformers and South-east Asian Retrenchers

The Abraham Accords: Past, Present and Future

[Book Talk] The Indian Ocean as a New Political and Security Region

China-Mediated Agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran: A Remarkable Development?

Pushing the Boundaries: Gender and Climate Change in the GCC

[Book Talk] Global Jihad: A Brief History

[Book Launch] Asian Perceptions of Gulf Security

Indigenising Islam as a Minority: A South African Community with Southeast Asian Origins, and the case of Shaykh Seraj Hendricks

Great Power Rivalry and the Middle East

Sinostan: China’s Inadvertent Empire

COP 27 and the Middle East – From Ambitious Climate Pledges to Action?

Lecture #07: Geopolitical Competition in the Middle East | The Centrality of Central Asia

[Book Talk] Charity in Saudi Arabia: Civil Society under Authoritarianism

ME 101 Lecture #06: The Challenge Beyond Economics | What to Expect from Egypt Host of Upcoming UN Climate Conference (COP 27)

ME101 Lecture Series 2022 #05: Geopolitical Competition in the Middle East | Russia and the Middle East

ME 101 Lecture #04: Geopolitical Competition in the Middle East | China – Can the Dragon Tame the Middle East or will the Middle East Tame the Dragon?

ME101 Lecture Series 2022 #03: Geopolitical Competition in the Middle East | The US and its Allies – Boots on the Ground or Off Platforms

ME101 Lecture Series 2022 #02: Geopolitical Competition in the Middle East | Iran & Turkey – Spoilers of the Regional System?

Bridging the Gulf Episode 15 - Whither Self-Sufficiency? Unpacking the UAE’s Food Security Strategy

ME101 Lecture Series 2022 #01- Geopolitical Competition in the Middle East | Competition within Cooperation: The Gulf States in Conciliatory Mood

[Boots Off the Ground: Security in Transition in the Middle East and Beyond ] Episode 29: Digital Authoritarianism

ME 101 Lecture Series 2022 - Series Introduction

One Jump Ahead: Is the UAE leading the Gulf pack?

[Book Talk] Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East

[Boots Off the Ground: Security in Transition in the Middle East and Beyond] Episode 28: From Unit 8200 to Cybersecurity Training