U.S. Security Guarantee for Qatar Sparks Jealousy and Confusion

The United States is promising to treat Qatar’s security like its own.

That single Trump administration decision sets in motion a geopolitical cluster. There’s confusion and jealousy among Gulf states; questions of burden-sharing among NATO allies amid Trump’s push for them to spend more money; and a political meltdown in Israel, among other drama.

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“This deal with Qatar basically shows that checkbook diplomacy can be more successful than doing the actual burden-sharing that we officially ask — and even demand — of our allies,” Jonathan Ruhe at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America told Axios.

“We’re putting our necks on the line much more than Qatar is.”…

Read the full piece in Axios.