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سياسة قطر الخارجية : النخبة في مواجهة الجغرافيا
Other Title(s)
Elite V. geography : actors, structures and Qatar foreign policy
Author
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 28 (30 Sep. 2017), pp.7-26, 20 p.
Publisher
Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Publication Date
2017-09-30
Country of Publication
Qatar
No. of Pages
20
Main Subjects
History and Geography
Political Sciences
Abstract EN
Qatari foreign policy presents a challenge for students of international relations.
Whereas major theories within the field tend to privilege structural factors in explaining the action of states, and particularly small states, in the case of Qatar, the quality of leadership and the strategies that leadership employs to navigate through the structural constraints—primarily geography—are equally important.
One of the main findings of this paper is that the strategies adopted by the Qatari elite since 1995 did alleviate many of the structural constraints which the country would otherwise have faced.
Moreover, during the short-lived Arab Spring of 2011-2013, Qatar tried to reshape the political landscape in the Middle East to its favor, challenging the two regional hegemons Saudi Arabia and Iran, in Egypt and Syria respectively.
Yet, the paper concludes, geopolitical factors and the relative capabilities of states remain instrumental in assuring a state’s sustained capacity to continue playing a key role.
This is particularly true in a region where elite thinking continues to be defined by realpolitik
American Psychological Association (APA)
قبلان، مروان. 2017. سياسة قطر الخارجية : النخبة في مواجهة الجغرافيا. سياسات عربية،مج. 2017، ع. 28، ص ص. 7-26.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
قبلان، مروان. سياسة قطر الخارجية : النخبة في مواجهة الجغرافيا. سياسات عربية ع. 28 (أيلول 2017)، ص ص. 7-26.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
قبلان، مروان. سياسة قطر الخارجية : النخبة في مواجهة الجغرافيا. سياسات عربية. 2017. مج. 2017، ع. 28، ص ص. 7-26.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
Arabic
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Record ID
BIM-837737