Inside the Gulf’s Expanding Mediation Role
Update: 2025-11-20
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In this episode of Menbar, Marc Owen Jones talks with Yasmine Farouk, the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Project Director at the International Crisis Group, to discuss the Gulf states’ growing role as mediators in regional conflicts. Farouk examines how Qatar’s involvement in Gaza ceasefires and hostage negotiations, Saudi and Emirati mediation efforts in Sudan, and broader Gulf engagement in the Horn of Africa reflect changing strategies of power projection, humanitarian diplomacy, and strategic hedging. She also discusses how these mediation efforts intersect with Gulf competition, ongoing de-escalation with Iran, and broader national ambitions, including their national visions.
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