Qatar Changes Course

DOHA, Qatar — The old joke among foreign policy wonks began thus: After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the world was surprised to discover that it still had two superpowers: the United States and … Kuwait.

Qatar Changes Course
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (R) escorts Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani upon his arrival in Riyadh to attend the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit on May 5. (FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images)

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