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Qatar : small state, big politics /

The 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 intern...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Kamrava, Mehran, 1964- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
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Table des matières:
  • Setting the stage
  • The subtle powers of a small state
  • Foreign policy and power projection
  • The stability of royal autocracy
  • State capacity and high modernism
  • Qatar's moment in history.