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18. To What Extent Has the Sovereign Wealth Fund Assisted Qatar’s Security and Foreign Policy in Resisting the Blockade?

Author : Fahad Al-Marri

Published in: The 2017 Gulf Crisis

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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The blockade of Qatar by its neighbors since June 2017 has divided the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with Qatar, Kuwait, and Oman on one side, and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the other.

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Title: To What Extent Has the Sovereign Wealth Fund Assisted Qatar’s Security and Foreign Policy in Resisting the Blockade?
Author: Fahad Al-Marri
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Book: The 2017 Gulf Crisis
Print ISBN: 978-981-15-8734-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-15-8735-1

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8735-1_18