by Dr. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen | Nov 14, 2022 | Analysis
The World Cup’s importance to Qatar’s foreign policy By Dr. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen November 14, 2022 The 22nd men’s football World Cup begins in Qatar on November 20, 2022 and runs for four weeks until the final on December 18, Qatar’s national day. The...
by Khristo Ayad and Prof. Dr. Frank Himpel | May 12, 2021 | Analysis
How Qatar’s logistics foresight helps pandemic relief efforts By Khristo Ayad and Dr. Frank Himpel 12/05/2021 While the world has watched this natural disaster unfold in slow-motion, the race for best pandemic responses and most effective international players...
by Dr. Theodore Karasik and Jacopo Spezia Depretto | May 3, 2019 | Analysis
By Dr. Theodore Karasik and Jacopo Spezia Depretto 3/5/2019 Amid public pressure, ties between Israel and Gulf monarchies will have to be limited to informal meetings, public denials, middlemen and foreign subsidiary companies.In 1967, when asked “what sequence of...
by Victoria Shakespeare and Dr. Theodore Karasik | Jun 12, 2018 | Analysis
The question of Qatar’s sustainability, one year into the rift By Victoria Shakespeare and Dr. Theodore Karasik One year after the onset of the Qatar-GCC rift, the situation shows signs of worsening rather than improving. So far, Qatar has managed to weather...
by Dr. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen and Dr. Theodore Karasik | Apr 22, 2018 | Analysis
By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen and Theodore Karasik When the Anti-Terror Quartet (ATQ)—Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)—severed official diplomatic and economic ties with Qatar on June 5, 2017, the blockading countries sought to pressure...