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The Gulf crisis: A coming out of small states

The Gulf crisis: A coming out of small states

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Jul 14, 2017
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Source: The World Bank

By James M. Dorsey

Buried in the Gulf crisis are two major developments likely to shape future international relations as well as power dynamics in the Middle East: the coming out of small states capable of punching far above their weight with Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, a driver of the crisis, battling it out; and a careful…

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