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Giorgio Cafiero

Giorgio Cafiero is the CEO of Gulf State Analytics. On Twitter: @GulfStateAnalyt

The Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) Leaders are seen ahead of their Summit meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 9, 2018. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY - RC1A2BB78CC0

What will 2019 have in store for dysfunctional GCC?

Giorgio Cafiero

Giorgio Cafiero

Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah gestures during a news conference with Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, following the annual summit of GCC, in Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed - RC16BFA38D60

Is the GCC dead?

Giorgio Cafiero

Giorgio Cafiero

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani speaks to the country's consultative Shoura council in Doha, Qatar, November 6, 2018. Qatar News Agency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1FF5F57E20

What's behind Qatar’s Cabinet shuffle?

Giorgio Cafiero

Giorgio Cafiero

Bahrain opposition calls for boycott of upcoming elections

Giorgio Cafiero

Giorgio Cafiero

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Moualem addresses the 73rd session of the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York on September 28, 2018. (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP) (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Assessing Bahraini-Syrian encounter in New York

Giorgio Cafiero

Giorgio Cafiero

FILE PHOTO: A combination photo shows U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 8, 2018, and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., February 13, 2018 respectively. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (L) Aaron P. Bernstein (R) - RC1850892B00

Pompeo pick pleases Abu Dhabi

Giorgio Cafiero

Giorgio Cafiero

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi attends the Dialogue of Emerging Market and Developing Countries in Xiamen in southeastern China’s Fujian Province, Sept. 5, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Schiefelbein/Pool - RC171B1A3CC0

What’s behind Sisi’s recent trip to Oman?

Giorgio Cafiero

Giorgio Cafiero

Saudi, UAE involvement in eastern Yemen unsettles Oman

Giorgio Cafiero

Giorgio Cafiero

A Turkish military tank is seen near Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RC17EC8A27B0

GCC's silence on Turkey’s Afrin adventure is telling

Giorgio Cafiero

Giorgio Cafiero

A balloon is seen above the Nile River as boats wait for tourists in the port city of Luxor, south of Cairo, Egypt December 14, 2016. Picture taken December 14, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RC155D167990

'Water war' escalates between Egypt, Sudan

Giorgio Cafiero

Giorgio Cafiero

Algeria takes independent approach to Qatar crisis

Giorgio Cafiero

Giorgio Cafiero

Will Bahrain, Israel establish formal relations in 2018?

Giorgio Cafiero

Giorgio Cafiero