(Disclosure: Foreign Policy's PeaceGame program, presented in conjunction with the U.S. Institute of Peace, is underwritten in part by a grant from the UAE Embassy. All FP editorial content, however, is entirely independent.)" Entirely and fully independent, I am sure. This article on Qatar should be read as part of the propaganda campaign between Qatar and UAE raging in Western media with the full participation of writers, journalists, and researchers. In the conflict between UAE and Qatar, I, of course, side with the defunct Marxist republic of South Yemen.