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","right":"To Download File Follow below link:\n\nhttps://ecadimi.com/downloads/international-marketing-qatar-country-study\n\nPAGES:14\n\nPREVIEW:\n\nIntroduction\n\nReview of Related Literature\n\nSummary, Conclusions and Recommendations\n\nCountry Study of Qatar Today\n\nIntroduction.\n\nQatar has been ruled by the Al Thani family since the mid-1800s, but there have been some dramatic changes in the country’s actual leadership in recent years. Today, Qatar has transformed itself from a poor British protectorate famed mostly for its pearls into a modern independent state that enjoys significant oil and natural gas revenues (Qatar, 2005). Reminiscent of the recent charges being level in the UN oil-for-food program, the Qatari economy was severely damaged during the last two decades of the 20th century by illegal activities by the current amir’s father. In 1995, the amir’s son, Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, assumed the country’s leadership from his father, who was in Switzerland at the time (Bahry, 1999) in a “bloodless coup” that has proven to be in the country’ best interests (Qatar, 2005). For example, in 2001, Qatar settled its longstanding border disputes with both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, and the country’s oil and natural gas revenues have made it one of the highest per capita incomes in the world (Qatar, 2005). In a referendum in April, 2004, Qatari voters elected to make permanent a draft constitution that provided for universal suffrage and a 45-member advisory assembly, thereby enabling parliamentary elections in 2004; at that time, it was also anticipated that Qatar would become the Middle East’s first and, soon thereafter, a global leader in the production of gas-to-liquids, including an environmentally cleaner and reduced-emissions version of conventional diesel fuel (Anthony, 2005).\n\nAccording to Tom Owen, the years since Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani assumed this leadership role have been good ones; during his tenure, Qatar emerged from relative obscurity to play an increasingly important role in the Persian Gulf region (Owen, 2000). The new emir has committed to easing press censorship and pushing for more transparency of government procedures, and he has made major progress in both of these areas; however while such pluralistic initiatives have pleased Qataris, these same initiatives have caused Qatar’s neighbors some major concerns (Owen, 2000). Notwithstanding the concerns of Qatar’s neighbors, the consensus among the international community is that the Emir has more than fulfilled his promises he has done much to raise Qatar’s profile and prestige in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and in foreign policy matters in particular (Owen, 2000). The Gulf Cooperation Council is comprised of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and was established in 1981 (Delener, 1999). Given the unstable nature of the entire region, though, it is little wonder that the Qatari government has sought to navigate a political course that would keep them solidly in line with the broader U.S.-Saudi position, while avoiding any particular initiative that might serve to rekindle any long-standing problems between Qatar and its neighbors.\n\nGeography of Qatar.\n\nLocation. Middle East, peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia (see map at Appendix A).\n\nLand area. Qatar is slightly smaller than Connecticut (Qatar, 2005) with an area of 4,416 square miles (11,437 square km); this total includes a number of nearby small islands and the Hawar Islands (which are also claimed by Bahrain) in the Persian Gulf (State of Qatar, 2005).\n\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\n\n
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