Is the Gulf Dispute Actually Over?
Is the Gulf Dispute Actually Over?
Podcast / Middle East & North Africa 1 minute

Is the Gulf Dispute Actually Over?

This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood and Naz Modirzadeh talk to Dina Esfandiary, Crisis Group’s Senior Middle East Adviser, about whether the announcement of an end to the Gulf Cooperation Council dispute means the crisis is really over.

This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood and Naz Modirzadeh talk to Crisis Group’s Senior Adviser for the Middle East and North Africa, Dina Esfandiary, about what drove Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, among other Gulf states, to cut diplomatic ties with Qatar in 2017, why the Gulf Arab countries announced an end to the crisis in January 2021 and whether the rift is truly over. They reflect on what this means for the foreign policies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and how their leaders see their priorities and challenges in the region. They also discuss what the spat has meant for crises across the region where the GCC countries are involved.

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For more information, explore Crisis Group’s analysis on our Gulf and Arabian Peninsula page.

Contributors

Executive Vice President
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Naz Modirzadeh
Board Member and Harvard Professor of International Law and Armed Conflicts
Senior Advisor, Middle East and North Africa
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