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The Gulf crisis: Qatar’s 2022 World Cup moves into the firing line

A French investigation into possible corruption in business deals related to Qatar’s winning of World Cup hosting rights moved the 2022 tournament a step...

Playing both sides against the middle: Saudi engages with Iraqi Shiites

Saudi Arabia, with the Islamic State on the ropes in Iraq, is forging ties to Iraqi Shiite leaders and offering to help fund reconstruction...

Strife in Jerusalem: Fears of popular revolts bring Israel and Arabs together

A web of formal and informal Israeli-Arab relations and common fears of renewed popular uprisings that could threaten regimes and benefit Islamist groups like...

The Gulf crisis: A lesson in reputation management

Lurking below the surface of the Gulf crisis, are rival, yet troubled, attempts by Qatar and its detractors to use sports to boost soft...

The Gulf crisis: Small states battle it out

Buried in the Gulf crisis is a major development likely to reshape international relations as well as power dynamics in the Middle East: the...

New Sanctions on Iran and Options for Regional Cooperation in Middle East

United States has imposed new economic sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missile program. United States accuses Iran of providing support and funds to...

Is the U.S. on the road to war with Iran?

There are two kinds of people:  those with, and without, grace.  President Trump can decide on which side he falls, although Mrs. Abe the...

Qatar scores, at least on the soccer pitch

Qatar won more than a symbolic victory with a decision by European soccer body UEFA to award controversial television network Al Jazeera’s sport franchise,...

US moves against Iran raise spectre of wider regional conflict

US President Donald J. Trump. in a step that could embolden Saudi Arabia to move ahead with plans to destabilize Iran, has instructed White...

How to interpret the crisis between Qatar and Saudi Arabia’s allies

The crisis between Qatar and much of the new "Sunni" NATO - as some US media already call it today - consists in a...

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