Second Qatar Crisis: Causes and Possible Solutions
... interfere with this scenario. With the Turkish leadership positioning itself as Qatar’s closest ally since the Arab Spring, its credibility would suffer considerably if it let another power shift happen in the country without interfering. The potential of Turkey deploying troops to Qatar could mitigate the threat of a military coup or any other use of hard power by the Saudis or the Emirates. Kuwait and Oman might also provide certain political support to Doha in this context. The United States generally wants to once again punish the leadership of the Kingdom for misbehaving, all that is asked is to break off all ties to Iran and Hamas. It will view ...