The MENA Mix: Regional Recap is a monthly video podcast, produced by the Institute for Middle East Options (IMEO). Each episode features rotating experts who unpack and analyze key news stories shaping the Middle East and North Africa.

Our July episode brought together Adel Hamaizia (Highbridge Advisory Managing Director and Harvard Kennedy School Middle East Initiative Non Resident Fellow) and Dr. Helima Croft (RBC Capital Markets Managing Director and Head of Global Commodity Strategy and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Research).

Through the prism of key headlines, they explored the geopolitical and geoeconomic developments reshaping the Middle East, examining the evolution of the U.S.–Iran conflict, the strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz and global energy markets, the resilience of GCC economies amid regional conflict, Saudi Arabia's civil nuclear ambitions, developments in Gaza, regional dynamics across North Africa—including Ceuta—and the growing importance of connectivity and trade corridors. Throughout the conversation, they considered how conflict, diplomacy, economic transformation, and strategic competition are reshaping regional security, investment, and the global energy landscape.

*Music Featured in Podcast: Baghdad Nights by Sahara

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