The return of Qatar
In just a few years, Doha has emerged from isolation and asserted its place in the region — and in Afghanistan.
Hicham Alaoui is an Associate Researcher at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. He is author with Robert Springborg of the forthcoming book, The Political Economy of Arab Education, published by Lynne Reinner Publisher.
In just a few years, Doha has emerged from isolation and asserted its place in the region — and in Afghanistan.
The treaty changes nothing in the Middle East political equation, nor does it attenuate in any way the tragic disregard for the rights of the Palestinians which we have witnessed for so many years now.