The 2017 Gulf Crisis An Interdisciplinary Approach Mahjoob Zweiri

1. The 2017 Gulf Crisis: An Introduction

Part I. Gulf Security

2. Underlined Vulnerabilities of the Gulf Region: A New Understanding

3. Qatar–Turkey Rapprochement: Challenging the Regional Status Quo in the Gulf Security Sub-complex

4. Qatar Crisis: GCC States’ Perception of Regional Powers

5. Transformations of the Gulf Security Landscape After the Gulf Crisis: A Geopolitical Approach

6. The Cyber Operation Against Qatar News Agency

7. Trans-Gulf Resonances: The Central Role of Egypt in the Saudi Dispute Over Qatar

Part II. Threat Perception

8. Evolving Threat Perceptions and Changing Regional Dynamics in a “Post-GCC” Era

9. Popular Sentiments and Elite Threat Perception in the Gulf: Iran in the Public Discourse in Saudi Arabia

10. The GCC, Iraq, and Iran: Perception of Threats Before and After the Crisis

Part III. Developing Strategic Relations and Shifting Political Alliances

11. The Qatar–Iran–Turkey Nexus: Shifts in Political Alliances and Economic Diversification in the Gulf Crisis

12. Look Middle, Look East! The Future of GCC Strategic Partnerships

13. The Malaysia–Qatar Relationship: The Perspective from Malaysia—An Emerging Middle Power

Part IV. Foreign Policy Dynamics in a Post-GCC Era

14. Competing Radicalisms: A Comparison of Saudi and Iranian Foreign Policies After 2015

15. The Gulf Crisis: Turkey’s Soft Power in the Gulf

16. Iran’s Pragmatic Foreign Policy in Response to Regional Crises: The Case of the Blockade Against Qatar

Part V. Qatar’s Economic Strategies in the Face of the Blockade

17. The Gulf Blockade: A Fifth Qatari Economic Stage is Imminent

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

19. The Role of Qatar Airways in the Economic Development of