Mahjoob Zweiri & Md Mizanur Rahman 
The 2017 Gulf Crisis [PDF ebook] 
An Interdisciplinary Approach

Chapter 1.Introduction.-

Chapter 2.Evolving threat perceptions and changing regional dynamics in a ‘post-GCC’ era.-

Chapter 3 .Qatar: Small State, Wise Power: A Contextual Perspective.-

Chapter 4. Malaysia-Qatar Relationship: Perspective from Malaysia “An Emerging Middle Power”.-

Chapter 5.Hack-and-leak operations around the Gulf crisis.-

Chapter 6.Trans-Gulf Resonances: Egypt’s influence in Saudi Arabia Vision 2030.-

Chapter 7.Qatar-Turkey Reapproachement: Challenging the Regional Status Quo in The Middle East.-

Chapter 8.Qatar Crisis: GCC States’ Perception of Regional Powers.-

Chapter 9.The Qatar-Iran-Turkey Nexus: Shifts in Political Alliances and Economic Diversifications in the Gulf Crisis.-

Chapter 10.Look Middle, Look East! The Future of GCC Strategic Partnerships.-

Chapter 11.Tweeting the Gulf Crisis 2017: Social media and its role inthe production and nutrition of crises.-

Chapter 12.Iran’s Response to Regional Crises: The Case of the Blockade Against Qatar.-

Chapter 13.The sovereign wealth fund, security and foreign policy and Qatar blockade.-

Chapter 14.The Qatar Blockade: the viewpoint of Qatari youth.-

Chapter 15.Gulf Crisis in the Academia of Pakistan.-

Chapter 16.Popular Sentiments and Elite Threat Perception in the Gulf: Iran in the Public Discourse in Saudi Arabia.-

Chapter 17.The Gulf Crisis: the development of Qatari Macroeconomic Model.-

Mahjoob Zweiri is the Director of Gulf Studies Center. He is an Associate Professor in Contemporary History of the Middle East at Qatar University. He was the Head of Humanities Department at Qatar University from 2011-2016. He holds a Ph D in the Modern History from Tehran University (2002). Before joining Qatar University in 2010, Dr Zweiri was senior researcher in Middle East Politics and Iran at the Center for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan. He was also a visiting professor to School of Government & International Affairs at Durham University. From March 2003-December 2006 he was a research fellow and then a director of the Centre for Iranian Studies in the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Durham University. Dr Zweiri has more than 50 publications in the areas of Iran and Contemporary Middle East. In addition to Arabic, Dr Zweiri is fluent in Farsi and English.

Md Mizanur Rahman is Associate Professor in the Gulf Studies Programat Qatar University. Rahman is a sociologist by training, working on international migration of labour, diaspora, migration policy and other related fields of migration with a focus on the Gulf states and South and Southeast Asian countries. He is the Series Editor of Gulf Studies. 

Arwa Kamal is a research scholar at the Gulf Studies Center at Qatar University. Her research interests cover a wide range of topics including Gulf politics, Gulf-North Africa relations, foreign policy of the Gulf States, and social and political changes in the Gulf region.