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Nafja Alkuwari
Assistant Professor, Qatar University
Bio
Nafja Alkuwari is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Affairs at Qatar University.
Rising regional escalation is exposing the limits of unilateral defense, pushing the GCC toward deeper coordination and collective air defense integration