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Sep 27, 2017

Hausheer Joins Knowledge@Wharton to Discuss Saudi Driving Decree

By Stefanie Hausheen

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Saudi Arabia

In the News

Sep 12, 2017

Alyahya Quoted in Wall Street Journal on Saudi Arabia Detaining Prominent Clerics

By Mohammed Khalid Alyahya

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Saudi Arabia

In the News

Sep 1, 2017

LeBaron Quoted in ThinkProgress on Gulf Crisis

By Richard LeBaron

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Saudi Arabia
The Gulf

In the News

Aug 7, 2017

Itani Quoted in The National on Saudi Arabian Opposition to the Assad Regime in Syria

By Faysal Itani

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Saudi Arabia
Syria

In the News

Aug 2, 2017

Al Yahya Quoted in The National on Relations Between Iraq and Saudi Arabia

By Mohammed al -Yahya

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Iraq
Saudi Arabia

MENASource

Jul 28, 2017

Religious Tensions Underlying the GCC Rift

By H. A. Hellyer

The speed at which poor relations between Qatar and several Gulf Co-operation Council states escalated was astonishing. It was only a few weeks ago that the Qatari Emir had been invited to Riyadh as part of the grand “Arab-Islamic-American Summit.” But in the space of a few days, the GCC has faced the largest set […]

Saudi Arabia
The Gulf

In the News

Jul 20, 2017

Alyahya Quoted in The Wall Street Journal on Saudi Arabia’s New Security Apparatus

By Mohammed Alyahya

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Saudi Arabia

New Atlanticist

Jul 19, 2017

A Widening Gulf

By Owen Daniels

Qatar crisis creates a headache for the United States Nearly two months in, the diplomatic crisis between the Arab Gulf states is growing ever more complicated. The July 16 Washington Post report that cites unnamed US intelligence officials as claiming that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) precipitated the diplomatic row with Qatar by hacking Qatari […]

International Organizations
Iran

New Atlanticist

Jul 18, 2017

A Question for Washington: Who in the GCC Finances Terrorism?

By Giorgio Cafiero and Daniel Wagner

Journalists in Middle Eastern media outlets have been engaged in harsh mudslinging ever since Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, and Bahrain (aka the quartet) severed diplomatic and economic relations with Qatar in June over Doha’s alleged support for the Islamic State (ISIS), al Qaeda, and Iranian-backed militias in numerous Arab states. Although […]

International Organizations
Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Jul 17, 2017

Qatar Crisis Gets Mired in Mixed Messages

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Mixed messages from US President Donald J. Trump’s administration and an apparent belief in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that they have the ear of the White House have exacerbated the crisis between the United States’ Arab Gulf partners, according to Richard LeBaron, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. The crisis […]

Saudi Arabia
The Gulf

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