Insights

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What does Iran's changing foreign policy mean for India?
September 15, 2017
Tridivesh Singh Maini and Sandeep Sachdeva
As India expands its strategic and economic ties with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and with Israel,...
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Pakistan and Qatar: constraints and dilemmas
September 15, 2017
Dr. Sulaiman Wasty
Since June 5, 2017, Pakistan has faced what amounts to a Hobson’s choice. Saudi Arabia has been asking...
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Walking the tightrope: Kuwait, Iran relations in the aftermath of the Abdali affair
August 9, 2017
Dr. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Kuwait has expelled fifteen Iranian diplomats and submitted a formal letter of protest to the Lebanese...
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Is a fixed peg a fact of life in the GCC
July 30, 2017
Grant T. Huxham
Authorities have been managing the quoted interest rate since the 2008/2009 financial crisis. And for...
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Who's actually in Qatar?
July 27, 2017
Dr. Courtney Freer
The latest scandal in the ongoing Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) crisis revealed email leaks from Emirati...