In this episode of the Al-Attiyah Foundation Podcast, we are joined by Dr. Omar Al-Ubaydli, Director of Research at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat) and an affiliated Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University.

Dr. Al-Ubaydli is a specialist in political economy, behavioural economics, the economics of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and the economics of science.

In this podcast, the following questions are explored:
• What is the function of the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)?
• How economically integrated are the individual countries of the Middle East?
• How is the Middle East recalibrating its energy diplomacy with shifting global alliances?