{"id":5036,"date":"2024-02-09T11:40:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T11:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung\/die-neuen-herrscher-am-golf-und-ihr-streben-nach-globalem-einfluss"},"modified":"2026-04-21T11:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:04:30","slug":"the-new-rulers-in-the-gulf-and-their-quest-for-global-influence","status":"publish","type":"kreisky_event","link":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/veranstaltung\/die-neuen-herrscher-am-golf-und-ihr-streben-nach-globalem-einfluss","title":{"rendered":"THE NEW RULERS IN THE GULF AND THEIR QUEST FOR GLOBAL INFLUENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/82788655379\">ZOOM Live<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kreiskyforum\">Facebook Live<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Sebastian Sons<\/h4>\n<h4>THE NEW RULERS IN THE GULF AND THEIR QUEST FOR GLOBAL INFLUENCE<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A turning point in the Gulf: thanks to their oil and gas wealth, the Gulf states of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman have succeeded in exerting increasing influence worldwide - in politics, business and sport. Their ambitious rulers are competing for power and uncompromisingly pursuing their own political and economic interests. This increasingly dominant role of authoritarian monarchies poses fundamental challenges for the international community. At the same time, the Gulf monarchies are pursuing an independent policy towards the West and intensifying cooperation with authoritarian powers such as China and Russia. They disregard human rights, but are also pushing for social and economic change. In particular, Hamas' attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 and the subsequent escalation of violence in the Middle East is also putting pressure on the Gulf states and forcing them to adapt their political strategies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sebastian Sons<\/strong> works as a senior researcher at the Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient (CARPO). Between 2019 and 2021, he was employed as a consultant in the regional project \u201eCooperation with Arab Donors\u201c of the Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in Jordan. He completed his PhD on \u201eEveryday Presence, Public Absence: Practices, Strategies and Content among Pakistani Media Actors on Labour Migration to Saudi Arabia\u201c at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He has been researching the Arab Gulf monarchies for over 15 years. Sons\u2018 most recent publication was published in 2023 and is entitled \u201eThe new rulers in the Gulf and their quest for global influence\u201c.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gudrun Harrer<\/strong>, Senior Editor, Der Standard; Lecturer for Modern History and Politics of the Near and Middle East at the University of Vienna and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZOOM Live\/Facebook Live Gudrun Harrer im Gespr\u00e4ch mit Sebastian Sons DIE NEUEN HERRSCHER AM GOLF UND IHR STREBEN NACH GLOBALEM EINFLUSS &nbsp; Zeitenwende am Golf: Mithilfe ihres \u00d6l- und Gasreichtums ist es den Golfstaaten Saudi-Arabien, Katar, den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten (VAE), Kuwait, Bahrain und Oman gelungen, weltweit immer mehr Einfluss zu nehmen \u2013 in der [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5037,"template":"","format":[32],"meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"schwerpunkt":[43],"class_list":["post-5036","kreisky_event","type-kreisky_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","schwerpunkt-internationale-politik-europa-und-sicherheit","format-hybrid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DIE NEUEN HERRSCHER AM GOLF UND IHR STREBEN NACH GLOBALEM EINFLUSS - Kreisky Forum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/event\/the-new-rulers-in-the-gulf-and-their-quest-for-global-influence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DIE NEUEN HERRSCHER AM GOLF UND IHR STREBEN NACH GLOBALEM EINFLUSS - Kreisky Forum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ZOOM Live\/Facebook Live Gudrun Harrer im Gespr\u00e4ch mit Sebastian Sons DIE NEUEN HERRSCHER AM GOLF UND IHR STREBEN NACH GLOBALEM EINFLUSS &nbsp; 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