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The Consequences of Qatar’s Foreign Policy 28 Jun 2013 | 05:42 am
The following article was published by Muftah.org on 26th June 2013 … A few years ago, Qatar’s foreign policy could be described as maintaining an air of neutrality. Though it was no Switzerland, Qata...
Qatar’s Foreign Policy Adventurism 27 Jun 2013 | 05:42 pm
The following article was published by Foreign Affairs on the 25th June 2013. … Earlier this month, the Taliban opened an official office in Doha, landing Qatar once more in Western headlines. That mi...
Qatar Emir Voluntarily Abdicates 25 Jun 2013 | 06:47 pm
The following article appeared on RUSI.org on the 25th June. … Once again Qatar leads its region and takes the world by surprise. After months of speculation and rumours, change is finally coming to Q...
The Genesis of Qatar’s Foreign Policy 19 Jun 2013 | 07:30 pm
The following article appeared in Sada, Carnegie Middle East’s super online journal under the title ‘Qatar’s Global Bargaining Chips’. … The fundamental thrust of Qatar’s foreign policy stems from two...
Qatar and rule by its people 25 Apr 2013 | 05:17 am
The following article appeared on Muftah.org. __ It is no secret that Qatar is not a democracy. While municipal officials have been elected since 1999, increasingly small popular participation in thes...
Kuwait’s Self-Flagellation Continues 24 Apr 2013 | 11:13 pm
The following article appeared on RUSI.ORG __ Kuwait’s fractious politics has once more transcended protest to violence as the authorities sought time and again to arrest the former Member of Parl...
On KSA: The Knowns and the Unknowns 6 Apr 2013 | 07:38 pm
This article was published by YourMiddleEast last month. … In 2003 Donald Rumsfeld, the former US Defence Secretary, uttered his now infamous speech about what was and was not known about the link bet...
Linguistic Composition of Iran 26 Feb 2013 | 07:08 pm
I love a nice map. The only thing better than a nice map is a particularly informative nice map, like this one on arab dialects or the one below. . Hat tip to @blakehounshell for pointing out this map...
On Prisoner X and the Dubai debacle 15 Feb 2013 | 01:45 pm
The Prisoner X case in Israel is interesting for a few reasons. Firstly, Bibi’s reaction to try to block Israeli papers from reporting on this incident smacks of the most pointless Mubarak-esque finge...
Another Qatar football debacle 7 Feb 2013 | 12:05 pm
When the World and twice-running European football champions are in town and playing the Copa América Champions, it would be rude not to go along and watch teams stuffed with the world’s best players....
