The ongoing conflict between Qatar and its Gulf neighbours could be about to spill onto the football fields of northern England.
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Principais colaboradores
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Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy, SKEMA Business School
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor and Chair of Kinesiology and Health Science, Stephen F. Austin State University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Politics, University of Sussex
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Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Principal Research Fellow in Sociology of Sport, University of Brighton
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute, Rice University
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Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Associate Professor of International Relations, Gulf University for Science and Technology
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Associate Professor, Defence Studies Department, King's College London
