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Abdulla Banndar Al-Etaibi
Assistant Professor, Qatar University
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Abdulla Banndar Al-Etaibi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Affairs at the College of Arts and Sciences at Qatar University
As Iran and Israel reshape the region, GCC states must strengthen their own security architecture while avoiding entanglement in the emerging alliance trap.