Mohammed Soliman
Senior fellow at the Middle East Institute and director at McLarty Associates, and author of West Asia: A New American Grand Strategy in the Middle East, offering expertise on geopolitics and regional strategy.
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Mar 10, 2026 • 40min
West Asia: A New American Grand Strategy in the Middle East (S. 15, Ep. 7)
Mohammed Soliman, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute and author who blends engineering precision with regional expertise. He reframes the region as West Asia, links Mediterranean-to-Indian Ocean networks, and traces historical city-centered power. He argues for order-building via layered partnerships, Gulf centrality, minilateral formats, and functional institutions connecting Europe to the Indo-Pacific.
Feb 17, 2026 • 45min
US and China Take Divergent Paths in the New West Asia
Mohammed Soliman, a senior fellow and geopolitical strategist, discusses why the region is being reframed as West Asia. He explores China’s growing economic foothold, the Asianization of Gulf economies, U.S. military primacy vs. shifting strategy, connectivity corridors, and Gulf plans to become AI and compute hubs. Short, sharp insights on how great power competition is reshaping regional alignments.
