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Just How Important Is the Rift Between Qatar and the Saudi Arabia-led Quartet?Amir Asmar is a Department of Defense analyst and CFR’s national intelligence fellow. Throughout his intelligence career, his primary area of focus has been the Middle East. He held a wide range of a…
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A Conversation With Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-ThaniSheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani for a discussion on the foreign policy challenges facing Qatar, its vision for the Middle East, and the future of U.S.-Qatar relations.
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Could A Coalition of the “Friends of Turkey” Ride to Turkey’s Financial Rescue?Turkey is in a bit of financial trouble. It isn’t clear that today's rate hike on its own will be enough. The rate hike will make the lira a bit more attractive to foreign investors (and will raise t…
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Strongmen Are Weaker Than They LookAuthoritarians are on the rise around the world, but history shows they’re mostly helpless.
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Weekend Listening: The Gulf Crisis, Not Just My Hijab Part I and Part IIMarc Lynch and Kristian Coates Ulrichsen break down the crisis in the Gulf. Four stories about Middle Eastern women and their hijabs.
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The Other Gulf Conflict: How the Qatar Crisis Is Playing Out in D.C. Back RoomsWell-fed lobbyists and think tank experts do battle over catered lunches—but it's not as sleazy as it sounds.
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How Al Jazeera Amplifies Qatar’s CloutOne of the world’s most-watched news networks is at the center of a geopolitical rift between a Saudi-led bloc and the broadcaster’s funder, Qatar.
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Qatar's Diplomatic CrisisCFR's Steven A. Cook joins James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon in examining the causes and consequences of Qatar's diplomatic crisis with its neighbors in the region.
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Understanding Qatar's Diplomatic CrisisExperts discuss the breakdown in diplomatic ties between Qatar and neighboring Arab states, consequences for relations across the Middle East, and implications for U.S. foreign policy in the region.
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Untangling the Qatar KerfuffleSure, the tiny gulf state is a lousy ally — but so is everyone else in the region.
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Guess Who’s Coming to (the GCC) Dinner?On May 13 and 14, President Obama will be hosting a summit meeting with the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation. The members nations are Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, and Qatar. The prob…
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Weekend Reading: Reading History in Doha, Egypt Intervenes in Libya, and Nervous GulfiesExplore the Qatar Digital Library, an archive featuring the cultural and historical heritage of the Gulf and the wider region. Janet Basurto, writing for Egyptian Streets, explores the reasons behin…
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Rebuilding Gaza Starts Slowly--Very SlowlyThe Hamas claim of victory in last summer’s conflict with Israel was based largely on the associated claim that life in Gaza would now change to the great benefit of the people living there. A vast r…
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The Kerry-Qatar AxisSympathy and support for Hamas are much lower in the Arab world than in past Israeli-Hamas conflicts--except in Qatar, whose government has a special relationship with Hamas. Indeed Hamas’s political…
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Arafat and al-Jazeera: Manufacturing TroubleThis week Russian experts added their voices to those of French experts who had examined Yasser Arafat’s remains to determine if he was poisoned. "French experts have ruled out a theory that Yasser …