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Expert briefing
Publication date: 28 October 2021

The grouping has been widely described as a new ‘quad’. This label is inspired by the Quad, a long-standing group comprising India, the United States, Australia and Japan.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 8 July 2022
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US-Middle East alignment unlikely

He will meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders and top officials from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 22 May 2023

The restoration of diplomatic relations ends a seven-year period of intense competition between the two countries. The deal is a diplomatic agreement and does not address the root…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 19 December 2022

The World Cup marked an opportunity for Qatar to bolster its soft power and its role as a global sporting and tourism destination. Although the tournament brought a wave of…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 5 June 2017

Prospects for the Gulf states to end-2017.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 5 October 2021

The League itself has long been a talking-shop with minimal influence, and Arabism has declined sharply in salience since its heights in the 1960s. Nonetheless, references to…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 16 June 2022

These have occurred against a background of Israeli and Palestinian government instability and ongoing settlement building in the West Bank. In contrast, wider Arab-Israeli ties…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 25 August 2022

In three days of fighting, 44 Palestinians were killed, including two senior PIJ leaders. No Israelis died. Egypt then brokered a ceasefire.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 3 August 2022

Egypt ceded the Tiran and Sanafir islands to Saudi Arabia in 2017. Israel lifted its veto on the deal in July and in exchange, Saudi Arabia opened its airspace to all Israeli…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 5 July 2017

The standoff is realigning the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) around a hawkish inner core of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain. Kuwait has a useful…

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