This article examines key questions of citizen-state, citizen-citizen, and citizen-expatriate
relations in the Arab Gulf states through the lens of the 2017 Qatar blockade. It utilizes …

This book explains the parameters of Qatar's political growth by developing an alternative
theory of power–'rented'power. The author demonstrates how Qatar's emergence as a …

At the core of “disembedded regionalism” in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is an
incapacity to foster more representative forms of politics that are responsive to citizens …

Faced with food supply disruptions due in part to geopolitics and political instability in its
traditional food source markets in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab …

How are nationalism and national identity shifting in Qatar as a result of the regional crisis?
This study explores whether this moment of geopolitical fluidity allows for changes in …

The term “tribe” has acquired a negative and often archaic connotation in much of the world.
In the Arabian Peninsula, however, tribes are not relics of the past but a vital component of …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the nation branding process deployed by a host
country organizing committee. Three research questions helped guide this study:(1) How …

Through investigating the conception of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states,
it is obvious that the unity is the main factor that ensured the stability and security of the state …

Introduction: The spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has caused chaos around the world. At
the onset of the virus' detection in the State of Qatar, a free-testing system was rapidly …

The paper examines the fragility, fragmentation, and crisis in the Middle East and North
Africa (MENA) by dissecting the region into three subregions—Maghreb, Mashreq, and the …