<p>The Al-Attiyah Foundation is joined by Jim Krane, a Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice University&#39;s Baker Institute for Public Policy in Houston.</p>

<p>He is the author of the &ldquo;City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism&rdquo;, a book widely recognised as the seminal work on the city-state, and the 2019 award-winning &ldquo;Energy Kingdoms: Oil and Political Survival in the Persian Gulf&rdquo;, a definitive study of energy demand in the Gulf region.</p>

<p>In the interview the following questions are explored:</p>

<ul>
	<li>What is dominating energy politics at the moment?</li>
	<li>Have energy subsidies in fossil fuel producing countries encouraged excessive consumption?</li>
	<li>Are attacks on shipping routes in the Red Sea impacting energy flows?</li>
</ul>
