VIDC: Capital and Counterrevolution. Framing the Arab Gulf States

Описание: “Capital and Counterrevolution. Framing the Arab Gulf States” Panel discussion on June 2nd 2022 at the Chamber of Labour Vienna/TGA.

S P E A K E R S

Adam Hanieh (via Zoom)
Professor of Political Economy and Global Development at the University of Exeter, UK

Safa Al Ahmad
freelance journalist and filmmaker, Saudi Arabia

Rabab El Mahdi
Associate Professor of Political Science at the American University Cairo, Egypt

Chair
Helmut Krieger, Univeristy of Vienna

Welcome
Magda Seewald, VIDC Global Dialgoue

BACKGROUND
On the occasion of the Men's World Cup in Qatar at the end of this year, this event will take a look at the region and explore the question of what role countries such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), or Qatar play in the financial architecture of global capitalism. Where do they invest and why? Not only their economic power but also their political and military interventions in the regional uprisings and conflicts will be critically examined by our speakers. The brutal military intervention of Saudi Arabia and the UAE in Yemen and their responsibility for the humanitarian tragedy in the country will serve as a starting point for the overall questions of how these regimes use their economic power for their interventionist policies. How are capital and counterrevolution linked and what impact does this have for social movements in the region?

The revolts in the Arab world in 2011 also fundamentally challenged the power of countries like Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Qatar. Their regional military interventions over the last decade have had a devastating effect on the protest movements struggling for inclusive democracy as well as economic justice. In particular, Saudi Arabia and the UAE try to impose a new regional structure of dependency that also resulted in a conflict between Saudi Arabia and the UAE on the one hand, and Qatar on the other.
However, the Arab Gulf states do not only play a leading role in counterrevolutionary activities to contain the revolts in the Arab region. With their revenues from oil and gas exports and regional as well as global investments, they are of essential importance for the financial architecture of global capitalism as well.

Further information: www.vidc.org/en/regions/middle-east/kapital-und-konterrevolution

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