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Qatar's Foreign Policy: Geography, Politics and Strategy since 1971

by Marwan Kabalan , Mohammad Almasri
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780755655199
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
  • Publisher Imprint: I. B. Tauris & Company
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 304
  • Original Price: GBP 28.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 427 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): International Relations / Diplomacy

This study offers an analysis of Qatar's foreign policy since its independence from Britain in 1971.

Locked between two vying powers, Iran and Saudi Arabia, and lacking the traditional elements of influence in the regional and international state system such as land, human capital, and advanced industry, Qatar nevertheless wields a disproportionately large amount of regional influence with an assertive foreign policy approach. Here, Marwan Kabalan highlights the strategies pursued by the ruling Qatari elite, especially during the last two decades, and delves into the methods Qatar has used to deal with the structural challenges to its foreign policy.

These strategies include financially leveraging its access to crucial resources, such as natural gas, and its manipulation of existing regional frictions. The book also addresses Qatar's soft power influence - positioning itself as an alternative cultural and intellectual hub in the Arab world, enabling it to take a leading role, particularly as a mediator, in the region. By highlighting Qatar's foreign policy strategies and outcomes, Kabalan illustrates how the Qatari case challenges key assumptions of international relations theory which assumes that wealthy small powers tend to pursue passive foreign policies, and that structural forces minimize the role of ruling elites in foreign policymaking.

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