From Our Affiliates

From our Affiliates
Gulf Security After the Israeli Strike on Doha: Waning US Guarantees and Expanding Options
Oct 2, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
On September 17, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited Riyadh and announced a defense agreement with Saudi Arabia. The announcement of the Saudi–Paki…
From our Affiliates
Doha Wasn’t a One‑Off: What Israel’s 9 September Strike Signals?
Oct 2, 2025Muhanad Seloom
On 9 September 2025, Israel launched an airstrike in Doha targeting Hamas’s senior political leadership. The strike killed five Hamas-affiliated figures and…
From our Affiliates
The Doha Emergency Summit: Outcomes and Regional Implications
Sep 18, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
On 15 September, the Qatari capital, Doha, hosted an emergency Arab and Islamic summit convened in response to the Israeli strike against the State of Qatar …
From our Affiliates
Israel’s Campaign against Qatar over Its Support for Gaza and a Ceasefire
Feb 24, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
As Qatar positions itself as the main mediator in the negotiations towards a full prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas, and pushes for an end to Israel’s…
From our Affiliates
Actors, Structures and Qatari Foreign Policy
Feb 10, 2020Marwan Kabalan
In a research paper on Qatar’s foreign policy, Marwan Kabalan concludes that a small state’s geopolitical factors and relative capabilities remain central in a…
From our Affiliates
Is a resolution of the GCC crisis imminent?
Nov 18, 2019Ibrahim Fraihat
Ibrahim Fraihat argues that the September 14 attack on Aramco has had a significant effect on Riyadh and has forced Saudi Arabia to revise its policies toward …
From our Affiliates
Qatar’s OPEC Exit
Dec 7, 2018Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
The Qatari decision to withdraw from OPEC liberates it from pressures and commitments that may be unfair at times.
Policy Analysis
How the blockade on Qatar failed
Jun 5, 2018Marwan Kabalan
The GCC crisis has inflicted significant financial loss on Qatar, but it has failed to bring it down.
Policy Analysis
Kuwait’s GCC Mediation: Incentives and Reasons for Failure
Jun 1, 2018Marwan Kabalan
Kuwait has been a mediator in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) since the first crisis of 2013-2014 between Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and …
Policy Analysis
The US-Qatar Strategic Dialogue: Messages and Implications
Feb 8, 2018Marwan Kabalan
The most consequential outcome of the US-Qatar strategic dialogue is the US official declaration of “readiness to work jointly with Qatar to deter and confront…
From our Affiliates
The Crisis in Gulf Relations: Motives behind the Campaign against Qatar
Jun 6, 2017Policy Analysis Unit, The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Although it is difficult to imagine that Washington was not involved in the latest measures against Qatar, the Trump Administration has so far appeared on the …

Subscribe to our Mailing List