How the GCC became a playbook example for modern influence warfare
While the impact of such investments is difficult to measure, the blockade was ultimately catalyzed by Trump echoing the premise, labeling Doha as “a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”
SAUDI ARABIA’S King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud talks with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah during the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) 40th Summit in Riyadh, in December.(photo credit: REUTERS)ByDIMITRIY I. FROLOVSKIY, KHRISTO AYAD