Qatari soft power efforts: two steps forward, one step backwards
By James M. Dorsey
Efforts to leverage Qatar’s 2022 World Cup hosting rights to create the soft power the Gulf state needs to punch above its weight and ensure a sympathetic hearing in the international community in times of emergency operate on the Leninist principle of two steps forward, one step backwards.
Take events this month as an example.
On the pl…
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