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Does Qatar Really Threaten the Gulf?

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Does Qatar Really Threaten the Gulf? Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 13 June 2017 The tiny Gulf state of Qatar is today under harsh siege from nearly everybody in the Middle East, and portrayed as a “supporter of terrorism.” The US has bought into the mantra. What’s really going on here?  Back in the 1990s the […]

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141201- Making Sense of The Turkey-ISIS Mess

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141201- Making Sense of The Turkey-ISIS Mess 1 December 2014 Among the many confusing factors swirling around the whole ISIS phenomenon is the role, or roles, of Turkey in the situation. It might be helpful to tick off some of the major salient factors that compete to form Turkish policies towards ISIS under Erdoğan at […]

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Qatar’s “Maverick” Foreign Policy

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140825 –Qatar’s “Maverick” Foreign Policies 26 Aug 2014  Speculation has run high over the past several years about what Qatar is up to in the Middle East. At first blanch its foreign policy seemingly contains a mass of contradiction: a Wahhabi state, good ties with Iran, hosting a major US airbase, support for the Muslim […]

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