The longer the Gulf crisis lasts, the higher the stakes get
A Qatari LNG vessel / Source: Nakhilat
By James M. Dorsey
Saudi Arabia and the UAE appear to be contemplating engineering a military coup in Qatar with the stakes in the Gulf crisis so high that a negotiated solution may prove difficult, if not impossible.
Neither side in the Gulf divide can afford to back down or be seen to have failed in achieving its ob…