Podcasts Government Babel: Translating the Middle East Gulf Youth and the Urge for Change

Gulf Youth and the Urge for Change

Published: Dec. 21, 2021, 8:10 p.m.

This week on Babel,\xa0Jon talks with his longtime friend Dr. Kristin Diwan, a scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. Kristin\xa0analyzes how young Gulf Arabs' eagerness for change finds public expression, how\xa0Saudi\xa0Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman has\xa0sought to shape young peoples' attitudes for reform in Saudi Arabia, and how young people are engaging in their own regional dialogues about change.\xa0Then, Jon, Natasha Hall, and Caleb Harper continue the conversation about youth and social change across the region.\xa0\n\nKristin Diwan, \u201cAll the\xa0Kings\u2019\xa0Sons,\u201d Arab Gulf State Institute in Washington (AGSIW), April 9, 2021.\xa0\xa0\n\nKristin Diwan, \u201cWhy the Saudis Ended the Dispute with Qatar,\u201d\xa0AGSIW, February 8, 2021.\xa0\n\nJon Alterman, "The End of History in the Middle East," CSIS, November 22, 2021.\n\nJon Alterman, "Ties that Bind," CSIS, December 2, 2019.\n\nTranscript, "Gulf Youth and the Urge for Change," CSIS, December 21, 2021.