LEADER 03667nam 22006495 450 001 9910460889603321 005 20210507022136.0 010 $a0-8014-5430-1 010 $a0-8014-5431-X 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801454318 035 $a(CKB)3710000000454491 035 $a(EBL)3425963 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001668169 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16457179 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001668169 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)15001751 035 $a(PQKB)10570005 035 $a(OCoLC)1132226146$z(OCoLC)1154870598$z(OCoLC)1155994310 035 $a(OCoLC)on1132226146 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58383 035 $a(DE-B1597)534414 035 $a(OCoLC)1121054137 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801454318 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3425963 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000454491 100 $a20190904d2015 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aQatar $eSmall State, Big Politics /$fMehran Kamrava 205 $aWith a New Preface 210 1$aIthaca, NY :$cCornell University Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aOriginally published: 2013. 311 $a0-8014-5677-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 203-217) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface to the Paperback Edition --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. Setting the Stage --$t2. The Subtle Powers of a Small State --$t3. Foreign Policy and Power Projection --$t4. The Stability of Royal Autocracy --$t5. State Capacity and High Modernism --$t6. Qatar's Moment in History --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe Persian Gulf state of Qatar has fewer than 2 million inhabitants, virtually no potable water, and has been an independent nation only since 1971. Yet its enormous oil and gas wealth has permitted the ruling al Thani family to exert a disproportionately large influence on regional and even international politics. Qatar is, as Mehran Kamrava explains in this knowledgeable and incisive account of the emirate, a "tiny giant": although severely lacking in most measures of state power, it is highly influential in diplomatic, cultural, and economic spheres. Kamrava presents Qatar as an experimental country, building a new society while exerting what he calls "subtle power." It is both the headquarters of the global media network Al Jazeera and the site of the U.S. Central Command's Forward Headquarters and the Combined Air Operations Center. Qatar has been a major player during the European financial crisis, it has become a showplace for renowned architects, several U.S. universities have established campuses there, and it will host the FIFA World Cup in 2022. Qatar's effective use of its subtle power, Kamrava argues, challenges how we understand the role of small states in the global system. Given the Gulf state's outsized influence on regional and international affairs, this book is a critical and timely account of contemporary Qatari politics and society. 606 $aPolitics and government$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01919741 606 $aDiplomatic relations$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01907412 607 $aQatar$2fast 607 $aQatar$xForeign relations 607 $aQatar$xPolitics and government 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitics and government. 615 0$aDiplomatic relations. 676 $a953.63 700 $aKamrava$b Mehran$0251819 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460889603321 996 $aQatar$92480839 997 $aUNINA