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GCC Crisis

June 2017 witnessed an unprecedented escalation of tensions among the Gulf Cooperation Council states, culminating with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain severing ties with Qatar. AGSIW offers insights into the ongoing tensions and identifies the implications for Qatar and its GCC neighbors.

Self-Imposed Barriers to Economic Integration in the GCC

Self-Imposed Barriers to Economic Integration in the GCC

Karen E. Young
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Qatar Must Adapt SEZs to New Regional Geopolitical Realities
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Qatar Must Adapt SEZs to New Regional Geopolitical Realities

Robert Mogielnicki

The Saudi, Bahraini, and Emirati efforts to isolate Qatar logistically as part of the most recent Gulf Cooperation Council crisis will require a restructuring of the country’s plans for special economic zones (SEZs) – commonly known as free zones (FZs) in the rest of the GCC states.

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Enter Erdogan: Turkey’s Economic Stake in the GCC Dispute
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Enter Erdogan: Turkey’s Economic Stake in the GCC Dispute

Karen E. Young

On the heels of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced plans to visit Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar.

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Qatar’s Dispute with Neighbors Reverberates in Yemen
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Qatar’s Dispute with Neighbors Reverberates in Yemen

Adam Baron

On the surface, Yemen’s reaction to the Gulf crisis, in which Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, along with Egypt, have broken diplomatic ties with Qatar, was rather straightforward: On June 5, Yemen’s internationally recognized government cut ties with Qatar, accusing the country of backing the Houthis and Yemen-based extremist groups.

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Diplomatic Rift May Weaken Qatar’s Negotiating Power in Asian LNG Markets
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Diplomatic Rift May Weaken Qatar’s Negotiating Power in Asian LNG Markets

Diane Munro

Three weeks after the Gulf Cooperation Council’s worst crisis erupted, the diplomatic and economic boycott imposed on Qatar – the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) – has created only marginal logistical disruptions for international LNG markets and has had no impact on oil supplies.

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Securing the Qatari State
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Securing the Qatari State

David B. Roberts

Challenges have now emerged from Qatar’s three closest neighbors that are testing its two-pronged security modus operandi.

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Washington’s Competing Priorities in the Qatar Crisis
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Washington’s Competing Priorities in the Qatar Crisis

Hussein Ibish

On June 20, a U.S. State Department spokesperson announced what seemed to be a crucial shift in the U.S.

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Qatar Crisis Heightens Obstacles to the Economic Reform Agenda
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Qatar Crisis Heightens Obstacles to the Economic Reform Agenda

Karen E. Young

The isolation of Qatar is but one example of how the politics of the Gulf Arab states are getting in the way of economic diversification and transformation.

GCC Crisis: Implications
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GCC Crisis: Implications

As tensions across the Gulf Arab states escalate, measures taken against Qatar are impacting trade, business, and food security.

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Unfulfilled 2014 Riyadh Agreement Defines Current GCC Rift
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Unfulfilled 2014 Riyadh Agreement Defines Current GCC Rift

Hussein Ibish

The past week has witnessed an unprecedented escalation of tensions among the Gulf Cooperation Council states, culminating with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain severing ties with Qatar.

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Saudi Leadership and Qatar Media
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Saudi Leadership and Qatar Media

Kristin Smith Diwan

The past week has witnessed an unprecedented escalation of tensions among the Gulf Cooperation Council states, culminating with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain severing ties with Qatar.

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Isolating Qatar Reveals Economic Vulnerabilities of the GCC
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Isolating Qatar Reveals Economic Vulnerabilities of the GCC

Karen E. Young

The past week has witnessed an unprecedented escalation of tensions among the Gulf Cooperation Council states, culminating with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain severing ties with Qatar.

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What’s Behind the Arab Alternative to Trump's Gaza Proposal

What’s Behind the Arab Alternative to Trump's Gaza Proposal

The GCC +2 meeting, followed by the Arab League, has to take Trump's dangerously implausible ideas about Gaza seriously, but Israel won't countenance the Arab states’ alternative.

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