# Ashbury's Adam Harper on the Gulf's strategic communications shift

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Podcast: [Earned First](https://stenobird.com/podcast/earned-first-7353885)
Published: 2026-02-02T18:21:39+00:00
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## Resource

Ashbury founder Adam Harper joins the Earned First podcast to reflect on why the Middle East has become one of the world’s most strategically important regions, how Asian and Western capital now meet there, and what communicators must do to navigate this new landscape.

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