Policy & Outreach

Policy, Newspapers, & Magazine Articles

Shehabi, M. (2023, November). The Global North Is Alienating the Global South Before COP28 Even Starts: Dismissing the summit because its host is an oil producer is hypocritical and dangerous. Foreign Policy. Access.

Shehabi, M. (2022, November). How the Gulf Oil and Gas States will Play their Hand at COP27. 360Info COP27 Primer. Access.

Shehabi, M (2021, November). COP26, Don’t Pat Yourselves on the Back Until You Consider the Effects of Climate Change Response Measures on Developing Countries. illuminem. Access.

Shehabi, M. (2021, October). Before Considering Climate Policy, We Need to Agree on How to Measure, Report, and Certify Emissions. illuminem. Access.

Shehabi, M. (2019). Slowing the Pump? Why GCC Economies Have a Diversified Base but Remain Overly Hydrocarbon-Dependent. Oxford Energy Forum Journal; Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 118, 8-14. OIES: UK. Access.

Shehabi, M. (2019). Is Energy Subsidy Reform in an Oil-Exporting Small Economy Beneficial to Trade? Illustrations from Kuwait, Non Technical Commentary. Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Oxford: UK. Access.

Shehabi, M. & Fattouh, B. (2019, April). The Long Road towards Better Diversification. WE Energy, no. 42, pp. 15-19. Western Energy Institute. Access.

Shehabi, M. (2017). Challenges of Kuwaiti Energy Pricing Reform in Response to Petroleum Price Volatility. Oxford Energy Forum Journal; Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 108, 25- 30. OIES: UK. Access.

Shehabi, M. & Van Rhyn, J. (2013, January). Why Aussies Should Care About the Dawn of the UN Transfer Pricing Manual in Africa. ResourceStocks. January- February edition. Access.

Other Publications

Shehabi, M. (2018). Success and Failure in a Petrostate: Economic Policy and Performance in Kuwait since the Gulf War. Thesis presented for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy of The University of Western Australia, Economics, Perth, Australia. Unpublished thesis.

Shehabi, M. (2003). Islam, Democracy, and Economic Development: The Case of Contemporary Iran. Honors Thesis presented to the faculty of Ursinus College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Honors in Economics & Business Administrations and in International Relations, PA, USA. Unpublished thesis.

Das, J., O’Brien-Penney, A., Shehabi, M., Shekari, L., et al. (2011). Consultants Guides I-IV. Consultants Think Tank- Transfer Pricing Services, Deloitte Tax LLP, USA.

Shehabi, M. (2002). Foreign Direct Investment Trends & National Investment Regulations in the Oil and Gas Sector in West Asia. Report presented to the Division on Investment, Technology & Enterprise Development, UNCTAD, Geneva, Switzerland.

Seeds of Peace Committee Members. (2001). Statement of the Committee on Economic Disparity. Uprooting Hatred and Terror Report, Statement presented to Mr. Kofi Anan, Secretary General of the United Nations, Seeds of Peace International Youth Summit in New York, NY, USA.

Policy & Legislative Reports

Shehabi, M., Jotzo, F., Aruth, L., Hondo, D., Handajani Soejachmoen, M., & Sonobe, M. (2022). International Partnerships for Circular Economy, Energy Transition, and Investments. Policy Brief 2022 T7 Germany, Submitted to 2022 Group of 7 (G7) Germany. Access.

Shehabi, M., Luciani, G., Mansouri, N., Westphal, K., Fattouh, B., Shihab-Eldin, A. (2021). International Cooperation to Accelerate Development and Deployment of Circular Carbon Economy, Policy Brief T20 Italy- Task Force 2: Climate Change, Sustainable Energy & Environment. Access.

McDonald, S. Shutes, L., Thierfelder, K. & Shehabi, M (2020). Assessing Impacts of the Implementation of Response Measures: The case study of Senegal and Kenya: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis. Pilot Project Policy Report, Bonn: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Access.

Al-Abdullah, Y. M.; Shehabi, M.; & Sreekanth, K. J. (2020). Kuwait Energy Outlook 2020: Current Policies and Necessity of Reform. Kuwait City: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research. Access.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2019). IPCC- Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC). Contributing author to "Chapter 5: Changing Ocean, Marine Ecosystems, and Dependent Communities." Access.

Hilmi, N.; Hassan, A.; Cinar, M.; Djoundourian, S.; Farahmand, S.; Greene, C.; Lam, V.; Maliki, S.; Mulsow Sandor; Safa, A.; Sameti, M.; Shehabi, M. (2019). Policy brief: Ocean Sustainability and Ocean Economics in Developing Countries, International Hydrographic Organization, Monaco Ocean Week 2019, Principality of Monaco.

Taylor, L., Barrineau, B., Shehabi, M., et al. (2005). Meeting Needs? A Survey of School Facilities in the State of Texas. (2005). Legislative report to the Joint Select Committee on Public School Finance, Austin, TX Texas Educational Agency Finance. Access.

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