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Analysis Feature 

Kuwait’s Position in the Gulf-Lebanon Diplomatic Row

December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 Arabian Peninsula, Bahrain, GCC, Hezbollah, Houthis, Iran, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen

Giorgio Cafiero analyzes the diplomatic row between four Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members and Lebanon and how it represents new challenges and severe complications for Beirut.

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani
Analysis 

Understanding Turkey’s influential role in the Gulf crisis

July 27, 2017November 7, 2017 Bahrain, Bilal Chaudhary, Egypt, Turkey

The resurgence of Turkish influence in the Middle East.

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Analysis 

Engulfed: Reading the tea leaves on Qatar’s ostracization

June 7, 2017November 7, 2017 Al Jazeera, Andrew Leber, Bahrain, Donald Trump, GCC, Iran, Kuwait, Mehran Kamrava, Muslim Brotherhood, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Very rich, heavily armed states are engaged in brinkmanship in the world’s most conflict-prone region. This doesn’t end well – for anyone.

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Podcast 

Podcast: Trump’s U-turns

April 17, 2017April 19, 2017 Arms sales, Bahrain, chemical weapons, Donald Trump, human rights, Jordan, King Abdullah II, Sisi, Syria, WMD

A special Middle East Weekly episode this week looks at Donald Trump’s u-turns of U.S. policy in the region. Our team

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Qatar website blocked
Analysis 

Out of sight, out of mind? Blocking Doha News in Qatar

January 12, 2017January 12, 2017 Al Jazeera, Andrew Leber, Bahrain, Doha Centre for Media Freedom, Doha News, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Twitter, United Arab Emirates

For nearly eight years, one of the few sources of meaningful journalism about life inside Qatar – as opposed to

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Saudi Arabia's King Salman
Analysis 

Caution gives way to increasingly assertive policies in Saudi Arabia, but to what end?

November 25, 2016 Al Saud, Bahrain, GCC, Houthis, Iran, King Abdullah, King Salman, Mohammad bin Salman, Nimr al-Nimr, Robert Mason, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

Embed from Getty Images This article was originally published in JMEPP’s Spring 2016 print edition. Abstract Since King Salman bin

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Weekly Roundup 

Middle East Weekly Roundup: July 11th, 2016

July 11, 2016 Bahrain, Chilcot Report, Egypt, Giulio Regeni, Iran, Iraq, Iraq Inquiry, IS, ISIS, Israel ISIL, Jordan, Libya, North Africa, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Shaab market, Shia, Syria, the Islamic State, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen

  The Levant and Turkey Israel The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a groundbreaking visit to Ethiopia during his

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