GCC Hydrocarbon Economies and COVID

Nikolay Kozhanov is a Research Associate Professor at the Gulf Studies Center of Qatar University. He is also a Non-Resident Scholar at the Program on Economics and Energy at the Middle East Institute. His research interests are focused on the geopolitics of the Gulf hydrocarbons, Russian foreign policy in the Middle East as well as Iran’s economy and international relations.   Karen E. Young is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Program on Economics and Energy at the Middle East Institute. She was a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), focused on the political economy of the Middle East and states of the Gulf Cooperation Council. She regularly teaches at the Foreign Service Institute at the US Department of State, and has taught at George Washington University and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.  Jalal Qanas is an assistant professor in the College of Business and Economics at Qatar University. During 2013-2017, he was Teaching Assistant in Economics for Undergraduate and Postgraduate students at the University of Leeds. He also taught a summer course in the Economics of Brexit at Oxford University. Before joining Qatar University, Jalal was a Visiting Lecturer at the University of West London. Qanas’ research interests are mainly in macroeconomic policies, monetary economics, central banking and political economy of the Persian Gulf.

Part 1. Gulf Energy Sector and the COVID-19
Chapter 1.GCC Oil Industry Response to the COVID-19 Challenge
Naji Abi-Aad
Chapter 2.Qatar LNG Industry in the post-COVID PeriodSteven Wright
Chapter 3.Renewable Energy Prospects in the GCC in the Post-COVID eraAisha al-Sarihi
Part 2.Socio-Economic Dimensions of the Oil Market Crisis
Chapter 4. Surviving Covid: The Economic Policy ResponseKaren Young 
Chapter 5. The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Institutional Changes in the GCCLuciano Zaccara
Chapter 6.The GCC Sovereign Wealth Funds and the Oil ShockRachel Ziemba
Chapter 7.Falling Oil Incomes and Migrant Communities of the GCC Zahra Babar
Chapter 8.Climate Change and the GCC: Economic and Environmental ImpactGreg Shapland
Part 3.GCC International Relations during the Pandemic Times
Chapter 9.Gulf Energy Security during the COVID-19 and after: From the Security of Supply to the Security of DemandNikolay Kozhanov 
Chapter 10. Iran, Saudi Arabia and the USA: Energy Security and Invested InterestsMahjoob Zweiri, Farah Al Qawasmi
Chapter 11.The Issue of the Global Oil Market Recovery and the future of the OPEC+Mikhail Krutikhin