Qatar is taking the heat for FIFA corruption Dan Hough - November 20, 2022 Investigations into FIFA’s actions reveal the global soccer organization has a long history of bribery and money-laundering. Will that change?
Why Qatar’s World Cup was controversial a decade before the first game Paul Michael Brannagan and Danyel Reiche - November 14, 2022 Global sports put Qatar’s human rights record in the spotlight. That’s likely to continue — and may have prompted changes in the country.
Qatar’s first elected parliament may have more power than other Persian Gulf legislatures. Here’s why. Dania Thafer - October 13, 2021 The elected-appointed legislator ratio is one key indicator of parliamentary power
Saudi Arabia just lifted Qatar’s 43-month blockade. How did this rift end? Coates Ulrichsen - January 8, 2021 A new agreement appears to cover these three points
What will America’s commitment to Afghanistan look like after the election? Asfandyar Mir - November 1, 2020 The peace negotiations are in flux, and the Taliban has ramped up the violence
What will happen to Iraqi Shiite militias after one key leader’s death? Ranj Alaaldin - February 28, 2020 This won’t help U.S.-Iran tensions
Could the gulf crisis with Qatar be winding down? Coates Ulrichsen - December 11, 2019 Here’s why progress — and diplomacy — might be possible.
The blockade of Qatar has made Qataris more supportive of free speech D. Martin - February 12, 2019 [caption id="attachment_83572" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A couple walk by the sea
Survey research in the Middle East needs to be transparent. Here’s why. David Pollock - November 16, 2017 [caption id="attachment_66326" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A Qatari woman walks in front
The dangers of unscientific surveys in the Arab world Justin Gengler - October 27, 2017 [caption id="attachment_65142" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Doha, Qatar's capital. (Reuters)[/caption] Hardly a day
Saudi Arabia finally let women drive. Don’t mistake it for democratic reform. Stéphane Lacroix - October 5, 2017 In September 2017, Saudi Arabia granted its female citizens the
Will the International Criminal Court’s latest target in Libya be brought to justice? Mark Kersten - August 31, 2017 [caption id="attachment_63104" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Armed Libyan men wave their national
How a few young leaders are shaking up foreign policy in the Gulf Cooperation Council Russell Lucas - August 11, 2017 [caption id="attachment_62243" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin
Oman is a mediator in Yemen. Can it play the same role in Qatar? Stacey Philbrick Yadav - July 22, 2017 [caption id="attachment_61275" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Representatives of the Omani government disembark
Three big lessons of the Qatar crisis Marc Lynch - July 14, 2017 [caption id="attachment_60977" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Qatar's foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin
The biggest Trump-era trade dispute may be over airlines. Here’s what’s happening. Ashley Nunes - June 16, 2017 [caption id="attachment_59979" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A Delta Air Lines jet sits
Why key Arab countries have cut ties with Qatar — and what Trump had to do with it Michael Stephens - June 7, 2017 The decision by five Arab states to sever ties with
What’s going on with Qatar? Coates Ulrichsen - June 1, 2017 Tensions have resurfaced in a sustained media onslaught that has
Duty-free Beats headphones? Yes, plurilateral trade agreements have something for everyone. Chad Bown - October 20, 2016 [caption id="attachment_48119" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Game consoles, headphones, medical equipment and
What does our energy future look like? This new report offers a glimpse. David Victor - March 2, 2016 [caption id="attachment_36651" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Ali al-Naimi, center, the Saudi minister
A bold new Arab vision…for 2009 Marc Lynch - March 31, 2015 [caption id="attachment_23239" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud
Is Libya a proxy war? Frederic Wehrey - October 24, 2014 [caption id="attachment_17106" align="aligncenter" width="620"] The remains of a burnt airplane
Who’s afraid of an ‘Islamic state’? Lawrence Rubin - October 2, 2014 Trying to make sense of the patterns of alignments in
Who’s afraid of an 'Islamic state'? Lawrence Rubin - October 2, 2014 Trying to make sense of the patterns of alignments in
Academics and Former Ministers Urge Obama to Finish the Doha Round Joshua Tucker - August 31, 2011 My colleague "Peter Rosendorff":http://politics.as.nyu.edu/object/PeterRosendorff sends along the following email: [Above]
The Real Great Depression - November 24, 2008 Forget about the Great Depression. Writing in the current issue
America in the World: Voter Attitudes on the Economy - August 1, 2008 p. In his column in today’s New York Times, David