This week on Banter, Dr. Ken Pollack explained the causes and global implications of the ongoing Qatar stand-off with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.  Dr. Pollack is a resident scholar at AEI, where he studies Middle Eastern political-military affairs, specifically those of Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf countries. He is the author of nine books, including Unthinkable: Iran, the Bomb, and American Strategy (Simon & Schuster, 2013).

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Unthinkable: Iran, the Bomb, and American Strategy | Kenneth Pollack | Simon & Schuster | 2013

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Published in: Foreign Policy