- Dr. Roie Yellinek
- June 29, 2017
- Paper No. 513
On June 5, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and several other Sunni Muslim countries suspended their relationships with Qatar, creating one of the worst crises to befall the Muslim Sunni world in a decade. China, the second-largest economy in the world, has an interest in the achievement of a resolution to the crisis, and may have a role to play. It can tell one side โyou made your pointโ and the other โyou learned your lessonโ. China needs these countries and has a lot to offer them in return.