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Can tiny Qatar keep defying its powerful neighbors? It may be up to Washington

  • Written by Nader Habibi, Professor of the Economics of the Middle East at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University
imageNearly all of Qatar's residents live in its capital, Doha.Doha skyline via www.shutterstock.com

The recent decision by half the nations in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and a few other countries to isolate fellow member Qatar came as a surprise to many – though perhaps it shouldn’t have.

Essentially, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the...

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