• Caught off guard and beaten: The Ukraine war and food security in the Middle East 

      Al-Saidi, Mohammad ( Frontiers Media , 2023 , Article)
      The Ukraine war has led to a severe global food crisis due to complex supply disruptions and price increases of agricultural inputs. Countries of the Middle East have been directly affected because of their high dependence ...
    • Diplomacy for the world's hottest sea 

      Al-Mudaffar Fawzi, Nadia; Fieseler, Clare M.; Helmuth, Brian; Leitão, Alexandra; Al-Ainsi, Mehsin; ... more authors ( American Association for the Advancement of Science , 2022 , Other)
      Countries that border the Persian or Arabian Gulf [hereafter, “Gulf ”] are adopting ambitious global commitments to protect their marine environments. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has committed to protecting 30% of its ...
    • Disentangling the SDGs agenda in the GCC region: Priority targets and core areas for environmental action 

      Al-Saidi, Mohammad ( MDPI , 2022 , Article)
      The agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a key international outcome for guiding development efforts of nation states. However, SDG targets cover vast areas of action, and they are difficult to break down ...
    • From scenario to mounting risks: COVID-19’s perils for development and supply security in the Sahel 

      Al-Saidi, Mohammad; Saad, Suhair A.Gayoum; Elagib, Nadir Ahmed ( Springer , 2022 , Article)
      The African Sahel countries are inherently fragile, environmentally insecure and economically weak. This paper underscores the compounded impacts brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic on resource supply security and, ...