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Salman Shaikh, director of Brookings Doha Center (AAA)

Brookings Doha boss on Qatar’s transition

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Jun 25, 2013 | Interviews

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—After weeks of growing speculation, the recent news that Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has decided to cede power to his 33-year-old son, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has prompted fresh questions about the direction of...

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File photo of Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Jaber Al Thani, Qatari Assistant Minister for International Cooperation, at the 2013 Doha Forum. (Doha Forum)

Official Defends Qatar’s Arab Spring Support

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | May 23, 2013 | Middle East

Doha, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Jaber Al Thani, Qatari Assistant Minister for International Cooperation, has defended his country’s support of Arab Spring states, emphasizing that Qatar has no hidden agenda and is only serving national and...

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In this Dec. 16, 2012 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool, File)

Netanyahu Fears Kerry Moving Away from Israeli Stance on Two-State Solution

by Nazir Majli | May 3, 2013 | Middle East

Tel Aviv, Asharq Al-Awsat—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a cool reception to an apparent softening in the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, although the amendment had been welcomed in other Arab and Israeli quarters. Israeli media outlets reported that...