Had a great time at the Revisiting State Capitalism workshop at the University of Amsterdam—rich discussions, sharp insights, and a fantastic group of scholars. Grateful for the stimulating exchanges and new perspectives!
Alexis Montambault-Trudelle
Great to be here and connect with new faces! Excited to share on Middle East politics & International Political Economy. Here is my latest publication, where I put forward the logic of regime stability to explain SWF choices in the Gulf through the Saudi case.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@rmkubinec.bsky.social and I share interesting early results from ongoing survey in Saudi Arabia:
1) Strong support for the US-Saudi partnership despite two months of conflict.
2) Evenly divided public opinion about attacking Iran.
theconversation.com/how-are-saud...
Je suis ravi de partager mon cahier de recherche en collaboration avec le @cerium-udem.bsky.social
Dans ce travail, je montre comment le PIF n’est pas simplement un outil économique, mais une pièce maîtresse dans la consolidation du pouvoir de MbS
cerium.umontreal.ca/public/FAS/c...
Feeling lucky and grateful to have participated in the Summer School on the Political Economy of Finance at @watsoninstitute.bsky.social! An inspiring week of deep discussions with a fantastic group of scholars, brilliantly organized by @benbraun.bsky.social and Mark Blyth.
So much political economy of finance in this headline, amazing
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Surveys in the Gulf kingdom point at ongoing support for the US-Saudi alliance.
New article where I examine Gulf deposits to other Arab states' central banks as monetary statecraft in the service of counter-revolution @ripejournal.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Benjamin Braun
Hannes Baumann
www.tandfonline.com
Why have Gulf resource-dependent countries transformed the role of their sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) from passive global investors to ubiquitous drivers of economic development? How does this rol...
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) monarchies have deposited several tens of billions of dollars in other Arab states’ central banks since 2011 to prop up recipients’ currencies. GCC currencies do not ...
