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While claiming to be engaged in a fight for democracy and human rights, Washington was flanked by partners—Egypt, Gulf Arab monarchies and sheikhdoms, Israel—that ignored the former and flouted the latter.
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Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2025
And a lot of those arms go to Gulf sheikhdoms and monarchies like the Qataris.
—ABC News, 18 May 2025
The visit was the first by an American president to the UAE since George W. Bush visited the sheikhdom in 2008.
—Natasha Turak, CNBC, 16 May 2025
Domestic political disputes have been gripping Kuwait for years — including the overhaul of Kuwait’s welfare system — which prevented the sheikhdom from taking on debt.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
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Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2025
And a lot of those arms go to Gulf sheikhdoms and monarchies like the Qataris.
—ABC News, 18 May 2025
The visit was the first by an American president to the UAE since George W. Bush visited the sheikhdom in 2008.
—Natasha Turak, CNBC, 16 May 2025
Domestic political disputes have been gripping Kuwait for years — including the overhaul of Kuwait’s welfare system — which prevented the sheikhdom from taking on debt.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
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“Sheikhdom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sheikhdom. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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