Topic: gulf states

The liquefied natural gas production facility in Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City. (Stringer/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Iran war breaking bad for Gulf states

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen - The Conversation
President Donald Trump speaks at “The Shield of the Americas Summit“ as Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth look on, Trump National Doral Golf Club, March 7, 2026. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

Behind Trump’s war fever lies weakness

Andrew O'Hehir
Tom Barrack; Donald Trump (Getty/Salon)

Trump let UAE officials edit speech

Igor Derysh
An oil pump works, on Saturday, April 16, 2016, in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. Oil-producing countries are to meet in Qatar on Sunday, April 17, 2016, to discuss a plan to freeze output but their gathering comes as nations like Iran rapidly ramp up their pumping. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) (AP)

Qatar snub puts relationship at risk

Nader Habibi - The Conversation
Iraqi special forces advance towards the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. The advance comes as part of a major assault that started five days earlier to drive Islamic State militants from the western half of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed) (AP)

Iraq’s humanitarian crisis

Alon Ben-Meir - The Globalist
FILE - In this Thursday Jan. 6, 2011 file photo, a traditional dhow floats in the Corniche Bay area with tall buildings of the financial district in the background. The 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the wealthy oil- and gas-producing Gulf nation with giant look-at-me ambitions that belie its small size, is shaping up as a unique experience. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das, File) (AP Photo/Saurabh Das, File)

Qatar's sudden importance

David Mednicoff - The Conversation