The Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Kristian Coates Ulrichsen joins Arab Digest editor William Law in a conversation about how Qatar is renewing independent foreign policy initiatives.
These moves are gaining pace as the small Gulf state plays a pivotal role, assisting the US in smoothing out the rough edges from President Joe Biden’s abrupt and chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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