Dr. Karen Young, Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University in the Center for Global Energy Policy and author of “The Economic Statecraft of the Gulf Arab States,” will discuss the latest economic and political developments occurring within the Gulf as China's influence grows, more countries reconcile with Syria and Iran, and other crucial issues evolve in the region recently. She will also answer questions from Pro members.

Dr. Young is Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University in the Center for Global Energy Policy, and author of “The Economic Statecraft of the Gulf Arab States”. She was a senior fellow and founding director of the Program on Economics and Energy at the Middle East Institute and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. She has published "The Political Economy of Energy, Finance and Security in the United Arab Emirates" (2014) and her analysis has appeared in Bloomberg Opinion, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Financial Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

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