The ability to make informed decisions based on a careful strategic calculus, rather than political motives, remains an ongoing challenge for the world’s decision-makers.

This hypothesis is particularly relevant in the context of highly-fluid Middle Eastern politics.

Here’s one example as a case study.

Following Israel’s strike on a Hamas meeting in Qatar last month, the Arab nation called an emergency summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which was held in Doha last month.

The aim of the emergency summit was to “formulate a unified stance and joint action in response to this aggression, which constitutes a blatant violation of the State of Qatar’s sovereignty, the UN Charter, and international law”.

One of the most discussed points at the Doha summit was the revisi

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