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Welcome to the new weekly newsletter of the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation, the Bourse & Bazaar Brief.

As we aim to explain events and shape policy in West and Central Asia, we are publishing more analysis than ever before. Rather than inundate your inbox, we will now be sending you a single weekly newsletter email, enabling you to easily review our latest publications and media engagements.

Our latest analyses include commentary by economists Nader Habibi and Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, energy systems expert Aria Kia, and political scientist Anna Jordanová.

We are delighted to be sharing this newsletter with over 5,000 subscribers. Thank you for your readership!

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Layla Saghafian, Engagement Coordinator

Internal Publications

Iran’s Leaders Eschew Wartime Rationing as Economic Pressure Mounts

By Nader Habibi - 20 August

Attacks Threaten Vital Corridor Spanning Caspian and Black Seas

By Anna Jordanová - 13 August

Iran’s First Geothermal Plant Brings Hope to a Battered Energy Sector

By Aria Kia - 11 August

Iran and the UAE are Working Together to Outlast Trump

By Esfandyar Batmanghelidj - 7 August

Gulf Export Credit Agencies Can Thrive in the Horn of Africa

By Ezana Tedla - 5 August

External Publications

Our board member, economist Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, published an op-ed with Project Syndicate arguing that in order to create sustainable peace, any diplomatic agreement must provide sanctions relief that creates jobs and gives ordinary Iranians access to international markets.

Writing in the The American Conservative, CEO Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, describes the mounting pessimism among Iran’s leaders that a deal with the Trump administration is possible.

Media Engagements

In the last two weeks, Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, was quoted in The New York Times, Al Jazeera, Gulf News, The National, and NZZ covering topics such as Iran’s decline in households consumption, the Strait of Hormuz as a regional “commitment mechanism,” and prospects for a return to the U.S.-Iran negotiations.

Our Executive Director for Research and Programs, Mehran Haghirian, spoke to NBC News about Tehran’s conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s approach to negotiations.

Senior Fellow Khalifa Al Suwaidi joined Becky Anderson on CNN International’s “Connect the World” to discuss what the GCC hopes to achieve with the bilateral Oman-Iran talks on the future management of the Strait of Hormuz.

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