GRC Announcements

Dr. Abdulaziz Sager, chairman and founder of the Gulf Research Center chaired Task Force 5 working group at the T20 summit on The Future of Pluralism and Global Governance.

The Gulf Research Center is organizing a digital roundtable discussion on September 28, which will address the question “Should GCC national oil companies target net zero emissions by 2050?”

Oil industry leaders Shell and BP have both officially announced their targets to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, including for their “Scope 3 emissions,” i.e. those emissions caused by the use of their products. Should GCC national oil companies follow in their footsteps? While other European companies are moving in that direction, US-based ones are not.

We have invited a diverse panel of experts to give their perspectives on this question, and at the end of the session we will hold a virtual vote to measure the views of the audience.

The discussion, which will be held under the Chatham House Rule, will be moderated by Prof. Giacomo Luciani.

The event will take place from 16:00 Riyadh Time. 

Register in advance for this webinar:

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_s13eIIwETdmMrVkh-55A-Q

Please note that this is a closed discussion.

For any other event-related questions, please contact the meeting coordinator, Ms. Al-Anoud Khalifah at alanoud@grc.net.

We are sorry to inform you that the 11th Gulf Research Meeting that was to take place from July 21-23, 2020, will be postponed until summer 2021 (exact dates TBD) due to the COVID-19 outbreak. We appreciate your understanding in what was a very difficult decision for us. Thank you again for your interest in the Gulf Research Meeting.

King Abdulaziz University, in cooperation with the Gulf Research Center, organized a seminar on Saudi-U.S. relations on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the meeting that brought together His Majesty King Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 14, 1945.

The U.S. Consul General in Jeddah, Mr. Ryan M. Gliha, the Chairman of the Gulf Research Center, Dr. Abdulaziz Sager, and the Executive Director of the Public Policy Program at the Faculty of Economics and Administration at King Abdulaziz University, Dr. Walid Nayef Al-Sudairy, participated in the panel discussion, moderated by the Head of the Political Science Department at the University, Prof. Saud Muhammad Al-Otaibi.

The workshop dealt with several major topics regarding Saudi-U.S. relations, including the historical context and importance of the meeting that brought together His Majesty King Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud and President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which was the nucleus of the unique and distinctive strategic partnership between Saudi Arabia and the United States that has continued until this day. Furthermore, their relations that have developed since the historic meeting have become a basis for global security and stability. The seminar also touched upon Saudi and U.S. foreign policy and their common vision on various issues, such as military and security cooperation, their role in combating terrorism, and their economic partnership, in addition to having discussed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, which will create even more opportunities for cooperation between the two countries in various sectors.

The seminar took place at the headquarters of the Faculty of Economics and Administration in the presence of His Excellency Prof. Abdul Rahman Obaid Al-Youbi, Director of King Abdulaziz University, in addition to a group of academics and students.
On the occasion of this important anniversary, the university president announced an initiative, with the participation of the Gulf Research Center, to establish an academic chair that will act as a knowledge and research reference for Saudi-U.S. relations, and which will enhance the understanding of this relationship at all levels.