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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.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
Chapter One
From Independence to Ascendancy
Chapter Two
Qatar Foreign Policy: The Theoretical Challenge
Chapter Three
Overcoming Geography
Chapter Four
Battle of the Axes
Chapter Five
Geopolitics of the Arab Spring
Chapter Six
The Unfinished Business of the Arab Spring
Chapter Seven
Relations with Washington: The Uneasy Alliance
Chapter Eight
Illusions of Strength and Decisiveness
Chapter Nine
Managing the Crisis
Chapter Ten
Challenges to Qatar's Foreign Policy
Conclusion
