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Imad K. Harb quoted by Al Jazeera regarding the 40th GCC Summit
Dec 9, 2019Arab Center Director or Research and Analysis Imad K. Harb was quoted by Al Jazeera regarding the possibility of reconciliation at the 40th GCC Summit. Read mo…
- Policy Analysis
The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfThe GCCGCC Reconciliation Is Coming, but Pesky Issues Remain
Dec 8, 2019Imad K. HarbA limited reconciliation between parties to the GCC crisis is likely to take place during the upcoming summit in Riyadh. However, certain thorny and serious po…
- Viewpoint
Challenges to Resolving the GCC Crisis
Dec 4, 2019Khalil E. Jahshan discusses the challenges inherent in a reconciliation between Qatar and the neighboring countries that embargoed it and precipitated the unse…
- Policy Analysis
Is a resolution of the GCC crisis imminent?
Nov 18, 2019Ibrahim 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 …
- Policy Analysis
In Saudi Arabia, Covering the Khashoggi Murder Is a State Affair
Aug 13, 2019Over the last decade, stories about the potential for freedom of the press in the Arab world have alternated between hopeful and hopeless. The 2011 Arab uprisi…
- Policy Analysis
QatarConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe Arabian Gulf Must Not Sleepwalk toward War
Aug 7, 2019Imad K. HarbThe volatile situation in the Arabian Gulf has put the region on edge and increased anxiety about intra-Gulf peace, safety of navigation in the strategic Strai…
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Imad Harb: The Qatar blockade killed the GCC, but what next?
Jun 5, 2019Imad K. HarbThe cruel two-year blockade imposed on Qatar signals the need for a new Gulf entente based on collective action, writes writes Imad K. Harb.Read more
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Qatar’s OPEC Exit
Dec 7, 2018The Qatari decision to withdraw from OPEC liberates it from pressures and commitments that may be unfair at times.
- Viewpoint
Qatar Withdraws from OPEC: Business, Politics, or Both?
Dec 6, 2018It strains credulity to believe that Qatar’s decision to withdraw from OPEC was taken in total isolation from the regional conflict and tensions with neighbors.
- Policy Analysis
The GCC Is Meeting Again: What to Expect?
Dec 3, 2018Regardless of what happens at the GCC summit on December 9, the likelihood is that the council as it functioned up until 2017 is not coming back anytime soon, …
- Policy Analysis
Can a GCC Reconciliation Summit at Camp David Succeed?
Aug 14, 2018President Trump is planning to host a GCC reconciliation summit in September to shore up Arab support for his Iran policies; but to succeed, he will need to re…
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The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe GCC Crisis at One Year: Stalemate Becomes New Reality
Jun 30, 2018Imad K. Harb Zeina Azzam Majed M. al-Ansari Abdullah Baabood Gabriel Collins David B. Des Roches Charles W. Dunne Khalil E. Jahshan Marwan Kabalan Tamara Kharroub Joe Macaron Kristian Coates UlrichsenThis volume provides an update of the GCC crisis by placing it in the context of two overarching themes. The first examines the clear stalemate governing the c…
