Qatar’s official news agency was hacked last week and fake remarks critical of US foreign policy were posted on its website, wrongly attributed to Qatar‘s leader.
Now, a series of emails belonging to the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the US have been leaked.
They reveal close coordination between the diplomat and a pro-Israeli think-tank in Washington DC.
The emails also show how ambassador Yousef al-Otaiba and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) lobbied in the US against Qatar and Kuwait.
How will this impact US policy in the Gulf?
Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra
Guests:
Saad Djebbar – international lawyer
Ian Black – visiting senior fellow at the Middle East Centre at London School of Economics and a former Middle East editor for The Guardian newspaper
Mohammed Cherkaoui – professor of Conflict Resolution at George Mason University