Dania Koleilat Khatib currently holds the position of Executive Director at Al Istishari Al Strategy Center for Economic and Future Studies at the United Arab Emirates. She specializes in US–Arab relations with a focus on lobbying. Her research also spans media biases, sectarianism, extremismm, and governance.Marwa Maziad is an International Relations and Middle East Media and Politics expert. She’s currently a Turkey Civil-military Relations Researcher and Israel Studies Research Scholar at the University of Washington. Maziad is also a regular Political Analyst on Aljazeera English, BBC Arabic, France 24, and CNN International.

• Introduction – Marwa Maziad and Dania Koleilat Khatib Part I: Evolving Perceptions and the Arab Gulf States in the US 1. It Didn’t JASTA be this way – David des Roches 2. Arab Gulf States Lobbying in the US in the wake of the Arab Uprisings – Dania Koleilat Khatib 3. The United States and the Gulf in the Age of Trump – Charles Dunne Part II: Arab Gulf States in Europe and the Non-Arab Middle East: France, the UK, Turkey and Israel 4. The Perception of the Gulf States in France – Rachid Chaker 5. The Public Diplomacy Paradox: Saudi Arabia’s Negative Image in the UK – Najah Al-Otaibi 6. The Turkish Burden: The Cost of the Turkey-Qatar Alliance and Hard Power Projection into Qatar’s Foreign Policy – Marwa Maziad 7. Image of the Gulf States in Israeli Epistemic Community – Mohamed Youness Part III: Competing Images of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates 8. Virtual Enlargement in Practice: Investment Policy as Branding in the case of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in the crisis-hit European Union – Máté Szalai 9. Saudi Arabia’s Shifting Roles After the Arab Uprisings: the image transformation from Western whist partner to proactive regional leader – Luíza Gimenez Cerioli 10. Film Festivals in the Arabian Gulf: Global image projection or local industry construction? – Abdulrahman Al-Ghannam 11. The Gulf in Western Hearts and Minds: The dilemma of stereotypical frames and Perceptions - Khalid Al-Jaber, Mokhtar Elareshi and Abdul Karim Ziani Section IV: The Arab Gulf States in International Organizations: NATO and the United Nations 12. NATO and the Threats to the Gulf Regional Security – Ashref Keshk 13. Relations Between The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) And The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): Perceptions of Change – Angus Taverner 14. Islam and UN Human Rights Treaty Ratification in the GCC Countries – Rachel A. George

Dania Koleilat Khatib currently holds the position of Executive Director at Al Istishari Al Strategy Center for Economic and Future Studies at the United Arab Emirates. She specializes in US–Arab relations with a focus on lobbying. Her research also spans media biases, sectarianism, extremismm, and governance.Marwa Maziad is an International Relations and Middle East Media and Politics expert. She’s currently a Turkey Civil-military Relations Researcher and Israel Studies Research Scholar at the University of Washington. Maziad is also a regular Political Analyst on Aljazeera English, BBC Arabic, France 24, and CNN International.

• Introduction – Marwa Maziad and Dania Koleilat Khatib Part I: Evolving Perceptions and the Arab Gulf States in the US 1. It Didn’t JASTA be this way – David des Roches 2. Arab Gulf States Lobbying in the US in the wake of the Arab Uprisings – Dania Koleilat Khatib 3. The United States and the Gulf in the Age of Trump – Charles Dunne Part II: Arab Gulf States in Europe and the Non-Arab Middle East: France, the UK, Turkey and Israel 4. The Perception of the Gulf States in France – Rachid Chaker 5. The Public Diplomacy Paradox: Saudi Arabia’s Negative Image in the UK – Najah Al-Otaibi 6. The Turkish Burden: The Cost of the Turkey-Qatar Alliance and Hard Power Projection into Qatar’s Foreign Policy – Marwa Maziad 7. Image of the Gulf States in Israeli Epistemic Community – Mohamed Youness Part III: Competing Images of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates 8. Virtual Enlargement in Practice: Investment Policy as Branding in the case of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in the crisis-hit European Union – Máté Szalai 9. Saudi Arabia’s Shifting Roles After the Arab Uprisings: the image transformation from Western whist partner to proactive regional leader – Luíza Gimenez Cerioli 10. Film Festivals in the Arabian Gulf: Global image projection or local industry construction? – Abdulrahman Al-Ghannam 11. The Gulf in Western Hearts and Minds: The dilemma of stereotypical frames and Perceptions - Khalid Al-Jaber, Mokhtar Elareshi and Abdul Karim Ziani Section IV: The Arab Gulf States in International Organizations: NATO and the United Nations 12. NATO and the Threats to the Gulf Regional Security – Ashref Keshk 13. Relations Between The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) And The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): Perceptions of Change – Angus Taverner 14. Islam and UN Human Rights Treaty Ratification in the GCC Countries – Rachel A. George

Dania Koleilat Khatib currently holds the position of Executive Director at Al Istishari Al Strategy Center for Economic and Future Studies at the United Arab Emirates. She specializes in US–Arab relations with a focus on lobbying. Her research also spans media biases, sectarianism, extremismm, and governance.Marwa Maziad is an International Relations and Middle East Media and Politics expert. She’s currently a Turkey Civil-military Relations Researcher and Israel Studies Research Scholar at the University of Washington. Maziad is also a regular Political Analyst on Aljazeera English, BBC Arabic, France 24, and CNN International.

• Introduction – Marwa Maziad and Dania Koleilat Khatib Part I: Evolving Perceptions and the Arab Gulf States in the US 1. It Didn’t JASTA be this way – David des Roches 2. Arab Gulf States Lobbying in the US in the wake of the Arab Uprisings – Dania Koleilat Khatib 3. The United States and the Gulf in the Age of Trump – Charles Dunne Part II: Arab Gulf States in Europe and the Non-Arab Middle East: France, the UK, Turkey and Israel 4. The Perception of the Gulf States in France – Rachid Chaker 5. The Public Diplomacy Paradox: Saudi Arabia’s Negative Image in the UK – Najah Al-Otaibi 6. The Turkish Burden: The Cost of the Turkey-Qatar Alliance and Hard Power Projection into Qatar’s Foreign Policy – Marwa Maziad 7. Image of the Gulf States in Israeli Epistemic Community – Mohamed Youness Part III: Competing Images of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates 8. Virtual Enlargement in Practice: Investment Policy as Branding in the case of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in the crisis-hit European Union – Máté Szalai 9. Saudi Arabia’s Shifting Roles After the Arab Uprisings: the image transformation from Western whist partner to proactive regional leader – Luíza Gimenez Cerioli 10. Film Festivals in the Arabian Gulf: Global image projection or local industry construction? – Abdulrahman Al-Ghannam 11. The Gulf in Western Hearts and Minds: The dilemma of stereotypical frames and Perceptions - Khalid Al-Jaber, Mokhtar Elareshi and Abdul Karim Ziani Section IV: The Arab Gulf States in International Organizations: NATO and the United Nations 12. NATO and the Threats to the Gulf Regional Security – Ashref Keshk 13. Relations Between The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) And The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): Perceptions of Change – Angus Taverner 14. Islam and UN Human Rights Treaty Ratification in the GCC Countries – Rachel A. George