Current Situation in the Middle East – Online Course

Successfully completed a 2-week online course on the current situation in the Middle East offered by the Oxford Centre for Middle Eastern Studies.
Certificate of Appreciation – Chair, UNHRC Session (Youth Time Global Forum 2025)

Honored to serve as Chair of the UNHRC session at the Youth Time Global Forum (Virtual) on 15 June 2025.
Trump’s Gulf Visit: The Impact on Syria and Israel

Episode 7 · with Prof. David Des Roches. What the US president’s Gulf tour means for Syria, Israel and the regional balance.
MBS’s Offensive Diplomacy: Saudi Arabia’s Bid for Gulf Supremacy
Saudi Arabia’s assertive diplomacy under MBS and its bid for leadership in the Gulf.
Certified Training on Climate & Health

Successfully completed a certified training on Climate & Health, organized by UNITAR, WHO, Climate Tracker, UN CC:Learn, and the Global Climate & Health Alliance.
The Shifting Dynamics of Maritime Security in the Red Sea: Strategic Interests of Gulf States and External Powers
Unpacks the competing interests of Gulf states and outside powers in an increasingly contested Red Sea.
Aaj Ki Baat with Waqas Abdullah

Episode 10. Waqas Abdullah hosts DAG Media Network’s current-affairs programme on regional and global developments.
EU Foreign Policy: Diminishing Political Influence in the Middle East
Why the European Union’s political influence in the Middle East is fading.
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Policy Under MBS: Transition from Defensive Realism to Offensive Realism (2016–2023)
Argues that Saudi foreign policy under Mohammed bin Salman moved from defensive to offensive realism.
ECO Feminism Forum 2024 – Climate Migration & Global North Policies

Participated in the ECO Feminism Forum 2024, focusing on climate migrants and the policies of the Global North to address climate impacts.