Gates also suggested a way of pressurising Qatar into compliance – by threatening to pull US forces out of the Udeid airbase in Qatar (built at the previous emir's expense) which serves as Centcom's forward headquarters. Qatar, which had not been invited to send anyone to explain its ...
3. Wilton Park: an executive agency under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth that holds conferences covering the fundamental challenges in international politics at its headquarters near the city of Brighton on the south coast of England. The conferences address a wide range of ...