Prof. Dr. Eckart Woertz

This article uses the concept of geonarratives and a dataset of nearly 3000 newspaper articles from Egypt, the Gulf countries, Iraq and Lebanon to analyse the perceptions and space framing assumptions of Russian geopolitical imaginaries in the Arab world and how history is mobilized to support them.

Europe plays a limited role in Gulf investments and the geopolitical considerations behind them. International mediation is urgently required in Gaza and Sudan. Lebanon and Syria are threatened by fragmentation. We present ten things set to inform events in the Middle East and North Africa in 2026.

Woertz describes a document about a 50 years rental agreement over 10.000 ha of land in Ethiopia’s Gambela province between the Ethiopian ministry of agriculture and the Saudi Star Agricultural Development Company, which is included in the ‘DAME Global Histories of MENA in the 20th Century - A Primary Source Collection’.

Sollte der Iran in der Straße von Hormus künftig Gebühren erheben, wäre das ein strategischer Verlust, sagte Eckart Woertz vom GIGA Institut für Nahost-Studien.

Organiser: University of Hamburg (UHH) Prof. Dr. Eckart Woertz (Speaker)

Vortrag im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe "Die Arabische Halbinsel: Aktuelle Forschungsperspektiven" des Asien-Afrika Institutes der Universität Hamburg, organisiert durch Prof. Nora Derbal

Organiser: Leuphana University of Lüneburg Prof. Dr. Eckart Woertz (Consultant)

Sprecher bei Podiumsdiskussion

Lecture as part of a course at Princeton University, USA

University of Hamburg (UHH) Hamburg Germany