QATAR CRISIS IN THE RECENT SECURITY CONTEXT OF THE MIDDLE EAST
QATAR CRISIS IN THE RECENT SECURITY CONTEXT OF THE MIDDLE EAST

Author(s): Mirela Atanasiu
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: crisis; Middle East; geopolitics; GCC; security; interests;
Summary/Abstract: The Qatar crisis started in an already challenging period for the Middle East region. Thus, against the backdrop of yet-effervescent Islamist terrorism in Syria and Iraq, the evolution of Iran’s nuclear program, dictatorial regimes that are detrimental to human rights and to the interest of their own citizens, the involvement of great powers in the region in the struggle for resources and in the context of regional “pacification” , the Kurdish conflict, the ongoing crisis of the refugees, the prospect of a two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Qatar crisis is part of the inter-state crises triggered by the hegemonic tendencies of some states in the context of the general shift of the regional balance of power.In the following, we will present the regional context of the crisis, the chronological actions undertaken by the actors involved in the crisis and some factors and trends determining the future evolution of the Qatar crisis.

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