Tag: Qatar
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43 Months of Qatar Crisis Op-eds
Looking back at 43 months of articles on the Qatar Crisis from Al-Sharq al-Aawsat‘s Abdelrahman al-Rashed, a few quick takeaways (and, if you scroll down, all the articles in question – see previous post on the Deal of the Century for a similar review). As I find the time, I’ll try to add a few…
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Libya & Turkey
As tensions cool (slightly) v-a-v Iran, Saudi commentary has shifted to focus more on Turkey’s activities in Libya and Syria. I’ll tack on more articles in the days ahead and post to Twitter when done. Most of Abdelrahman Rashed’s June commentary has been on Libya, and on how “What is coming… is worse”: In the…
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Iran, Aramco, and Other Things
Iran Iran has been a consistent topic of discussion in recent weeks, owing to the framing of uprisings in Lebanon and Iraq as anti-Iranian revolts, protests within Iran itself, and lengthy investigations involving leaked documents that ran in the NYT and the Intercept this past week. The protests within Iran were a “Red Card for…
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A View to a Deal? [Updated]
In advance of a visit this Thursday by Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al Sabah to the White House, more rumors than normal are circulating about a potential solution to the 2+ year standoff between Qatar and the “anti-terror” quartet of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt (Beth Dickinson with a run-down).…
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KSA: June 8-14, 2019
Saudi Papers in Translation Key topics: Qatar and HBJ Interview with the Telegraph U.S. media reports on Saudi missile development Potential for confrontation with Iran Qatar and HBJ “In the midst of Qatar’s two-year-old celebrations of its “glorious achievements”… what really matters to its neighbors is that they have achieved a large part of their…
The Bitter Lake 