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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...
What will happen after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death? The new Virtual Caliphate and its implications
By all accounts the Islamic State is on track to lose the majority of its real estate in Iraq and Syria by the end...
The End of Muslim Sunni/ Shia Hostility – The Qatar/ Iran Alliance Brokered By France
E conomics and human practicality have finally triumphed over backwards superstition and religious dogma underlying the Sunni-Shia conflict, which has caused 100s of...
Why is the UK mediating the Gulf dispute?
T he following statement was made in Washington in response to the decision by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt to cut...