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The Arab World On The Road To State Failure

by Kobi Michael, Yoel Guzanskyvia The Institute for National Security Studies
Monday, July 10, 2017

This book examines the phenomenon of the failed state in the Arab world. In order to understand the systemic and regional implications of this phenomenon, which has spread throughout the Arab world and intensified as a result of the past six years of regional upheaval, we make use of the theoretical and empirical infrastructures in the relevant professional literature as well as a conceptual infrastructure constructed specifically for this study. 

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Qatar Under Siege: Regional Implications And Ramifications For The Palestinian Arena

by Kobi Michael, Yoel Guzanskyvia The Institute for National Security Studies
Monday, June 12, 2017

The foreign policy of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members—Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman—has never been a model of cooperation and unity. Even the dramatic severing of relations with Qatar and closing the aerial, territorial, and naval spheres to it—as initiated by Saudi Arabia and the UAE—is not indicative of a change.

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The Trump Presidency And The Pragmatic Sunni Regimes

by Yoel Guzansky, Kobi Michaelvia The Institute for National Security Studies
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

For many of the Sunni regimes in the Middle East, the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency is a positive development, if only because it marks the end of Barack Obama’s presidency. Obama’s policy was seen as damaging and, in certain cases, treacherous towards those considered traditional American allies.

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