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The troubled country has cannily managed its ties with the warring parties
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It allows the country’s rulers to put off necessary reforms

Deals with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates show it is now a defence-industry power

Gulf states could join the conflict

The dispute over that dispute bodes ill for the next fight

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

In a tricky neighbourhood the country remains calm