Qatar’s Foreign Policy: Geography, Politics and Strategy Since 1971

＂This study offers an analysis of Qatar’s foreign policy since its independence from Britain in 1971. Here, 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＂-- Provided by publisher.

Marwan Kabalan is Director of Policy Analysis at the Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies, Qatar. He previously served as Dean of the Faculty of International Relations and Diplomacy at Kalamoon University in Damascus, Syria. He is a co-editor of Turkey-Syria Relations: Between Enmity and Amity (2013) and Syrian Foreign Policy and the United States, From Bush to Obama (2009).