
Qatar’s Delicate Balancing Act: The FIFA World Cup and International Pres...
Football commentators all over the world described the FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and...

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar: Politics On Display On and Off the Field
Over the past three weeks, the world has enjoyed watching the FIFA World Cup, the...

Due Diligence or Demonization? World Cup 2022 and Western Criticism of Qata...
Association football, or “soccer” to Americans, dominates the world of sports. More fans flock to...

FIFA 2022 Qatar and Building Bridges in the Gulf
All across Qatar, excitement has steadily built as the small Gulf monarchy prepares for the...

Is the World Cup Actually Helping Qatar Project Soft Power?
Qatar will host the 22nd edition of the World Cup between November 20 and December...

Why the Qatar-Bahrain Rift Long Predates the 2017 Gulf Crisis
On the sidelines of the Jeddah Security and Development Summit, the Qatari Amir Shaykh Tamim...

What “Realism” Often Misses: A Study of Iran and Qatar
The Ukraine conflict, which entered its hundredth day last week, has major implications for all...

Islamic Finance and Banking as a Response to Western Sanctions: Muslim Russ...
From the 19th to the 21st of May, Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan held the 13th...

The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Forked Path of Qatar-Russia Relations
Since the onset of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have found...

Qatar-Germany LNG Deal: the End of EU’s “Russia Energy Dependency” Cu...
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the world’s largest economies collectively introduced several...

Qatar’s Growing Role as a Humanitarian and Diplomatic Hub
Almost precisely twenty years after 9/11, the world seemed stunned in disbelief as the Taliban...

Qatar’s Essential Diplomacy in the New Balance of Power
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited Doha on February 21, where he met with Emir Sheikh...