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No Low-Hanging Fruit to Help Qatar With Its Food Security Challenges

Qatar is working to boost local food production while coping with daunting obstacles, including falling aquifer levels, a paucity of arable land, and broader climate-change issues.

Abdullah Sulaiteen, chairman of the agriculture company SAIC, poses for a photograph in one of his greenhouses on his farm project in Umm Salal Mohammed, north of the capital Doha, January 31, 2011. (REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous)

Erdogan’s Landmark Baghdad Visit Signals Support for Ambitious Infrastructure Project

The Development Road project, a joint venture among Iraq, Turkey, the UAE, and Qatar, could reshape economic and geopolitical contours in the Middle East, but substantial challenges will remain ahead.

Leaving a Legacy: How Qatar Is Leveraging the Success of the 2022 World Cup to Build a More Diversified Economy

On March 14, AGSIW hosted a discussion on economic diversification in Qatar.

A general view shows the West Bay skyline in Doha, Qatar, February 8. (REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani)

Becoming “Neutral”: Addressing the Increasing Stakes of Qatar’s Hamas Mediation

To adapt to the post-October 7 environment, Qatar may need to abandon some long-standing policies and reemerge as a truly neutral broker and mediator.

Wusum Gallery Provides a Fresh Perspective on Doha’s Art Scene

Wusum Gallery, a grassroots creative space founded by an art historian duo, aims to improve Qatar-based artists’ access to global art markets.

“Revolving Rooms” exhibition at Wusum Gallery. (Courtesy of Wusum Gallery)

Qatar May Hold the Key to Hamas’ – and Gaza’s – Future

Israel might try to kill Hamas leaders in Qatar, leave them alone, or even use them to help craft a postconflict order in Gaza.

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal gestures as he announces a new policy document in Doha, Qatar, May 1, 2017. (REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon)

Strong China-Gulf Energy Ties Spill Into Key Regional Issues

Energy cooperation is a central factor in not only China-Gulf economic relations but also the triangular – and often fraught – relationship among the United States, Gulf states, and China.

Qatar Embarks on Major Naval Expansion

Qatar’s naval expansion will give it new amphibious, air defense, and anti-ship capabilities, but the country will face challenges to fully man its naval platforms exclusively with Qataris, given the country’s small population.

Military ships are seen during a joint naval exercise by U.S. and Qatari troops off the coast of Qatar, June 16, 2017. (REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon)