This book provides an overview of the origins, repercussions and projected future of the ongoing Gulf crisis, as well as an analysis of the major issues and debates relating to it. The Gulf region witnessed an extraordinary rift when, on 5 June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain cut all diplomatic ties and imposed a siege on the State of Qatar following the hacking of the Qatar News Agency website. This book approaches the Gulf crisis from an interdisciplinary perspective by bringing together a group of top scholars from a wide range of disciplines and areas of expertise to engage in a nuanced debate on the current crisis. With the pressing role of media in general and social media in particular, new political realities have been created in the region. The book addresses the role that cyber and information security play on politics, as well as the shift of alliances in the region as a result of the crisis. It scrutinizes the role of media and information technology in creating political cultures as well as conflicts. The book also explores the long-term economic implications of the siege imposed on Qatar and identifies how the country's economy is adjusting to the impact of the siege. Thus, the book considers the extent of social and economic changes that the crisis has brought to the region. This book invites in-depth understanding of the regional crisis and its implications on nation building and the reconfiguration of political and economic alliances across the region. It will appeal to a broad interdisciplinary readership in the area of Gulf studies. 

Mahjoob Zweiri is the Director of Gulf Studies Center. He is an Associate Professor in Contemporary History of the Middle East at Qatar University. He was the Head of Humanities Department at Qatar University from 2011-2016. He holds a PhD in the Modern History from Tehran University (2002). Before joining Qatar University in 2010, Dr Zweiri was senior researcher in Middle East Politics and Iran at the Center for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan. He was also a visiting professor to School of Government & International Affairs at Durham University. From March 2003-December 2006 he was a research fellow and then a director of the Centre for Iranian Studies in the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Durham University. Dr Zweiri has more than 50 publications in the areas of Iran and Contemporary Middle East. In addition to Arabic, Dr Zweiri is fluent in Farsi and English.

Md Mizanur Rahman is Associate Professor in the Gulf Studies Program at Qatar University. Rahman is a sociologist by training, working on international migration of labour, diaspora, migration policy and other related fields of migration with a focus on the Gulf states and South and Southeast Asian countries. He is the Series Editor of Gulf Studies. 
Arwa Kamal is a research scholar at the Gulf Studies Center at Qatar University. Her research interests cover a wide range of topics including Gulf politics, Gulf-North Africa relations, foreign policy of the Gulf States, and social and political changes in the Gulf region. 

Autorentext
Mahjoob Zweiri is the Director of Gulf Studies Center. He is an Associate Professor in Contemporary History of the Middle East at Qatar University. He was the Head of Humanities Department at Qatar University from 2011-2016. He holds a PhD in the Modern History from Tehran University (2002). Before joining Qatar University in 2010, Dr Zweiri was senior researcher in Middle East Politics and Iran at the Center for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan. He was also a visiting professor to School of Government & International Affairs at Durham University. From March 2003-December 2006 he was a research fellow and then a director of the Centre for Iranian Studies in the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Durham University. Dr Zweiri has more than 50 publications in the areas of Iran and Contemporary Middle East. In addition to Arabic, Dr Zweiri is fluent in Farsi and English.

Md Mizanur Rahman is Associate Professor in the Gulf Studies Program at Qatar University. Rahman is a sociologist by training, working on international migration of labour, diaspora, migration policy and other related fields of migration with a focus on the Gulf states and South and Southeast Asian countries. He is the Series Editor of Gulf Studies.
Arwa Kamal is a research scholar at the Gulf Studies Center at Qatar University. Her research interests cover a wide range of topics including Gulf politics, Gulf-North Africa relations, foreign policy of the Gulf States, and social and political changes in the Gulf region.

Inhalt
Chapter 1.Introduction.-
Chapter 2.Evolving threat perceptions and changing regional dynamics in a 'post-GCC' era.-
Chapter 3 .Qatar: Small State, Wise Power: A Contextual Perspective.-
Chapter 4. Malaysia-Qatar Relationship: Perspective from Malaysia An Emerging Middle Power.-
Chapter 5.Hack-and-leak operations around the Gulf crisis.-
Chapter 6.Trans-Gulf Resonances: Egypt's influence in Saudi Arabia Vision 2030.-
Chapter 7.Qatar-Turkey Reapproachement: Challenging the Regional Status Quo in The Middle East.-
Chapter 8.Qatar Crisis: GCC States' Perception of Regional Powers.-
Chapter 9.The Qatar-Iran-Turkey Nexus: Shifts in Political Alliances and Economic Diversifications in the Gulf Crisis.-
Chapter 10.Look Middle, Look East! The Future of GCC Strategic Partnerships.-
Chapter 11.Tweeting the Gulf Crisis 2017: Social media and its role in the production and nutrition of crises.-
Chapter 12.Iran's Response to Regional Crises: The Case of the Blockade Against Qatar.-
Chapter 13.The sovereign wealth fund, security and foreign policy and Qatar blockade.-
Chapter 14.The Qatar Blockade: the viewpoint of Qatari youth.-
Chapter 15.Gulf Crisis in the Academia of Pakistan.-
Chapter 16.Popular Sentiments and Elite Threat Perception in the Gulf: Iran in the Public Discourse in Saudi Arabia.-
Chapter 17.The Gulf Crisis: the development of Qatari Macroeconomic Model.-