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In life, generally, we as social actors tend to interpret people’s behavior not only by how they act towards us but also towards themselves. The situation is similar in the field of foreign policymaking. This is because social interaction, like foreign policy, involves both strategic interaction as well as symbolic interaction
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ALDosari, N.R. (2021). Qatar Crisis: GCC States’ Perception of Regional Powers. In: Zweiri, M., Rahman, M.M., Kamal, A. (eds) The 2017 Gulf Crisis . Gulf Studies, vol 3. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8735-1_4
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