Qatar
Aug 21, 2024
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.

May 1, 2024
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.

Mar 14, 2024
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.

Feb 29, 2024
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.

Feb 12, 2024
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.

Dec 18, 2023
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.

Sep 14, 2023
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.

Aug 8, 2023
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.
