Silent about rising sectarian violence in Pakistan, Gulf states vying for religious soft power risk exposing the limitations of their concepts of an u
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The hiring by Saudi Arabia of an international public relations firm to counter doubts about Mohammed bin Salman’s $500 billion USD dream of a futur
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On 1 June 2020, Qatar Petroleum (QP) said that it has signed agreements with South Korea's "Big 3" shipyards to secure more than 100 ships costing m
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The economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic for Gulf states has done far more than play havoc with their revenue base and fiscal hous
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Television news summarizes daily what a new world order shaped by civilisationalists entails. Writer William Gibson’s assertion that “the future i
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In the three-month old Gulf crisis, nothing is too expensive or too down and dirty when it comes to buying influence, garnering soft power, and tryin
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In recent years, Turkey and Qatar have found much common ground on a host of foreign policy issues. Both Ankara and Doha have sponsored a variety of
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After five years of the Syrian war, we can recognize “four” conflicting parties on the ground – Assad, ISIS, rebel groups and the Kurds. Each one of
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The 2022 Qatar World Cup may be sparking social change in the Gulf, just not (yet) in Qatar. Qatar’s winning of the hosting rights for the World Cup g
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