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Not every US president gets a free private jet, but the Gulf states have boosted US economic dominance for decades

  • Written by Adam Hanieh, Professor of Political Economy and Global Development, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter

After signing a US$142 billion (£107 billion) arms deal with Saudi Arabia, Donald Trump said the US bond with that country was “more powerful than ever”. He was also reportedly quite pleased with the gift of a private jet from Qatar.

But these arrangements are just the latest developments in a long history of the Gulf monarchies...

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