With the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East .. Qatar is walking on a tight diplomatic rope

The Irish newspaper “The Irish Times” reported that “the Israeli attack on Qatar may have shook the tense geopolitical position of the emirate, but the mile of its leaders will not be disrupted to space diplomacy and the state’s efforts to achieve greater importance on the international arena. Whether it is to negotiate a peace agreement in Gaza, or support the branch of the Headquarters for the Liberation of Al -Sham to topple the Bashar al -Assad regime in Syria, or host the Taliban while they are consuming tea with ministry officials The American Foreign Ministry, or the support of Islamic political groups in various parts of the region. Qatar has shown a stubborn preparation for holding a set of problems in the field that is the political scene in the Middle East.

According to the newspaper, “The answer, as in most policies in the region, is complex and multi -side, and it is subject to a sharp debate. But as with any political issue, as soon as you deepen the search enough, the matter eventually is to stay. They protected them along the Gulf in 1971. The original plan included Qatar and Bahrain’s accession to the Seven Emirates, which is now the United Arab Emirates as one country, ”
The newspaper continued, “The years that followed Qatar supported the decision of Qatar to move forward on its own. The emirate witnessed a transformation thanks to the abundance of hydrocarbons, from a regionally remote country to one of the richest countries in the world. Qatar has surpassed even its wealthy neighbors in terms of the luxurious social welfare system it provides to its citizens from the cradle to the grave. As for foreigners, who make up about 88% of the population, they are less Somewhat luck. This has happened in the shadow of a genetic royal system, as the political parties are prohibited, and the ruler or the prince has absolute power. But Qatar was not satisfied with the margin. To the authority in Egypt, and the financing of the rebels who toppled the Assad regime in Syria while maintaining a friendly relations with the Shiite Republic in Iran, Qatar was ready to push almost all hot issues in the region. This approach has sparked great negative reactions. Central American at Al -Aid Al -Air Base. Georgetown University also held a store for it, and football fans from different parts of the world witnessed Prince Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani as he wrapped Lionel Messi in a traditional dress, while he was raising the World Cup in 2022. Qatar was also one of the first Arab Gulf states to deal with Israel and invited former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Perez to Doha nearly 20 years ago, a long time before Ibrahim’s agreements that were promoted A lot. But what is Qatar seeking to achieve all this political engagement? Is it not easier for the ruling family to avoid the lights? Unfortunately, in the Middle East, problems may come to you from where you do not know. Just as the ruling Al -Sabah family in Kuwait discovered, the best way to ensure your survival as a nation is to build a strong and wide group of friends. ”The newspaper added,“ After Qatar built this complex network of external tangles extending from Gaza City to Ankara, and from Tehran to Washington, DC, its wealth allows it to finance its ambitions in the field of soft power without obstacle, and to establish relations that can be used one day to ensure that the power remains in the absence of power Military. At the height of tensions with its Arab neighbors in 2017, it is said that one of the close contacts of the Al Thani family, former CEO of Exxon Mobil and then Foreign Minister Rex Tillerson, was the one who exerted the necessary pressure in Riyadh and Washington to ward off the Saudi invasion. Such positions are clearly embodied in what Qatar seeks to achieve through its expansionist approach to international affairs: shelter from storms that are ravaged by the region from time to time. Therefore, we should not expect the state to change its course and withdraw from the global scene soon, despite the risks that result from its position under the spotlight.