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GCC &  DCO join forces to transform region's  future

The Gulf defence and security analyst Andreas Krieg joins Arab Digest's William Law as they assess implications for the Gulf States and the wider Middle East of Israel's missile strike on Doha. With Donald Trump functioning as a loyal sidekick rather than as the president of the mightiest military nation in the world Benjamin Netanyahu continues to wreak regional havoc crossing red line after red line with impunity.

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Netanyahu unhinged

The Yemeni political analyst Maysaa Shuja al-Deen joins William Law as they discuss the smouldering war between the Huthis and Israel. Abdul-Malik al-Huthi has used Gaza to strengthen his iron control and to enhance his reputation as the man who stands up to Netanyahu. But with the Israelis acting with impunity the stakes grow ever higher with the Yemeni people caught between two reckless, arrogant and intransigent leaders.

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Netanyahu's Yemen war

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01 Red Souls

In the Arabian Gulf, one tree rises not just as a source of shade and food, but as a symbol of survival, generosity, and heritage: the palm tree.From an anthropological view, the palm tree represents adaptation and environmental harmony.

Within Cultures: Symbolism of Palm Trees in the Arabian Gulf

William Law's guest this week on the Arab Digest podcast is the Gulf analyst and author Kristian Coates Ulrichsen. As talks continue in Cairo on President Trump's 20 point plan to end the Gaza war much rides on the pressure Washington will bring to bear on the participants. Meanwhile the Gulf states watch and wonder whether Benjamin Netanyahu has replaced Iran as the gravest threat to regional security.

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Trump chases a Nobel Peace Prize

Gay Cowboy Club

If you have ever visited Bahrain, chances are you have  been welcomed not just with Arabic coffee, but with a small bowl of halwa Bahraini; a jewel-red dessert, sticky and glossy, studded with nuts, and scented with saffron and rose water. For Bahrainis, halwa is not just a treat; it is  tradition, hospitality, and celebration in a single bite

Bahraini Halwa - Within Cultures

William Law's guest this week is Alastair Newton. In a wide ranging conversation Arab Digest's energy analyst reflects on the likelihood of a huge glut of oil on the world market, how Gulf energy producers will play their hand in the coming months, Chinese dominance in critical minerals and how that will impact on oil, the Trump factor as he announces sanctions on Russia's Rosneft and Lukoil and Alastair's call on the price of oil at the end of 2025.

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The Call: the price of oil at year's end

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