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Until the 1990s, Qatar was considered a remote place in the Arab Gulf region, mainly known for being unknown (Roberts 2012a, 1). “For most of its short history, Qatar has been an afterthought of an afterthought in global politics” (Hounshell 2012, 2). With a total population of little more than two million (CIA World Factbook), a native population of a quarter of a million (Khatib 2013, 417) and an army staff of just around 12,0001, Qatar is “one of the smallest Arab states” (ibid.).
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Fromm, N. (2019). Why study Qatar and how? An introduction to the topic of this book. In: Constructivist Niche Diplomacy . Politik und Gesellschaft des Nahen Ostens. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-22519-3_1
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