Jun 30, 2026 · 52 min · 12 segments
Is the Middle East entering a new golden age? Loulou sits down with one of the most well-connected geopolitical economists working today for a structural read on the region recorded as the US-Iran…
Peter MiddlebrookGuest
Loulou KhazenHost
It's a convergence of cultures and technology and, and, uh, and innovation, and, uh, a geostrategic space which can't be copied.
I think it signals to a lot of people that the third quarter going forward, there's likely to be a return to normal, whatever normal would be.
I think it reflects, um, the extent to which great powers have had some pushback in their aspirations, and that is something which likely is going to exist for the next, you know, 10, 15, 20 years.
You can't push away a two-and-a-half thousand year civilization very, very quickly.
They're very resilient, and that's one of the lessons that, that we always get from this.
Uh, having said that, having lived in the UAE for a long time, it's always summer.
So, you know, some of the quiet that you get here, some of it relates just to that and the normal cycle of people leaving with their kids and things.
But it's good news, and I expect towards the end of this year it'll probably go back a little bit.
We have the midterm elections in the United States, and we see what happens after that.
It's a convergence of cultures and technology and, and, uh, and innovation, and, uh, a geostrategic space which can't be copied.
I think it signals to a lot of people that the third quarter going forward, there's likely to be a return to normal, whatever normal would be.
I think it reflects, um, the extent to which great powers have had some pushback in their aspirations, and that is something which likely is going to exist for the next, you know, 10, 15, 20 years.
You can't push away a two-and-a-half thousand year civilization very, very quickly.
They're very resilient, and that's one of the lessons that, that we always get from this.
Uh, having said that, having lived in the UAE for a long time, it's always summer.
So, you know, some of the quiet that you get here, some of it relates just to that and the normal cycle of people leaving with their kids and things.
But it's good news, and I expect towards the end of this year it'll probably go back a little bit.
We have the midterm elections in the United States, and we see what happens after that.
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