Description
| Product ID: | 9781849043250 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Qatar |
| Subtitle: | Securing the Global Ambitions of a City-state |
| Authors: | Author: David B. Roberts |
| Page Count: | 356 |
| Subjects: | Middle Eastern history, Middle Eastern history, Politics and government, Politics & government, Qatar |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Tiny Qatar projects influence globally via massive overseas investments and its involvement in foreign affairs. This book explains why. Rarely has a state changed its character so completely in so short a period of time. Previ- ously content to play a role befitting its small size, Qatar was a traditional, risk-averse Gulf monarchy until the early 1990s. A bloodless coup in 1995 brought to power an emerging elite with a progressive vision for the future. Financed by gas exports and protected by a US security umbrella, Qatar diversified its foreign relations to include Iran and Israel, established the satellite broadcaster Al Jazeera, assumed a leading role in international media- tion, and hosted a number of top-level sporting tournaments, culminating in the successful FIFA World Cup 2022 bid. Qatar''s disparate, often misunderstood, policies coalesce to propagate a distinct brand. Whether to counter regional economic competitors or to further tie Qatar to the economies of the world''s leading countries, this brand is de- signed innovatively to counter a range of security concerns; in short, Qatar is diversifying its dependencies.Qatar''s prominent role in the Arab Spring follows a similar pattern, yet the gamble it is taking in supporting Islamists and ousting dictators is potentially dangerous: not only is it at risk from ''blowback'' in dealing with such actors, but a lack of transparency means that cliches and assumptions threaten to derail ''brand Qatar''. |
| Imprint Name: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-01-12 |