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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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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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Muscat, Oman
Podcast 

Podcast: Castro’s Middle East, Oman’s Awkwardness, and Assault on Aleppo

December 6, 2016December 18, 2016 Aleppo, Cuba, Fidel Castro, GCC, Gulf, Middle East, Middle East Weekly, News, Oman, podcast, Russia in Syria, Saudi Arabia, Syria

Welcome to Middle East Weekly, JMEPP’s very own weekly news podcast. This week we’ll be exploring Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s legacy

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Interviews 

Russia and Iran: the best of friends, the worst of friends

November 27, 2016November 27, 2016 Bashar al-Assad, Erdogan, GCC, Iran, Kurds, NATO, Russia, Satgin Hamrah, Syria, Turkey, USA

Embed from Getty Images Since 2011, conflict and political upheavals have rocked the Middle East, challenging traditional alliances and the

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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: Turkey media crackdown, climate summit in Morocco, Syrian rebels’ reversal

November 13, 2016 Akin Atalay, Aleppo, Benjamin Netanyahu, COP22, Cumhuriyet, GCC, IMF, Khalifa Haftar, Marrakech, OPEC

  Bahrain Bahrain hosted counter-terrorism drills for the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which includes Bahrain as

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