Transactional diplomacy’s downside: Will US investments in the Gulf make lasting allies? - opinion
US President Donald Trump's recent trip to the Middle East was a clear example of transactional diplomacy
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks with Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha last week. The staying power of transaction-based commitments are a factor of the changing moods of the people who signed the agreements, the writer cautions.(photo credit: BRIAN SNYDER/REUTERS)
