Arab Tyrant Manual Podcast

Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash study global authoritarianism, with a focus on the MENA region, and dive deep into universal strategies and tactics of authoritarians, as well as the best ways to resist. The Arab Tyrant Manual is now part of Kulna, a new editorial platform and community space for long thinking about power, resistance, and what comes next. Learn more and support us: http://kulna.co/

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Episodes (45)

Apr 25th 045 - Will The Gulf States Make It?
Apr 15th 044 - The Logic of Endless War
Apr 8, 2022 043 - Ukraine is Dividing the Gulf States from the West

Arab Tyrant Manual Podcast

Apr 25, 2026
1 hours
85 MB

We recorded this episode in the middle of one of the most consequential moments in the history of this region. In this episode, we ask the question on everyone's mind: "Do the Gulf States Have a Future?" Not in the next news cycle, but in the next generation. We look at what the current war on Iran has exposed: the structural fragilities of these states, their rentier economies, their tiny citizen populations, and their deep dependence on migrant labour. And we talk about why states under duress don't reform - they just become more of...

Arab Tyrant Manual Podcast

045 - Will The Gulf States Make It?

Arab Tyrant Manual Podcast

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