Turkish-Qatari Relations

Özgür Pala; Khalid Al-Jaber

doi:10.5771/9781666901733

Summary

This book examines domestic and regional geopolitical dynamics behind Turkish-Qatari relations from the past to the present. Utilizing arguments of practical geopolitical reasoning, Özgür Pala and Khaled Al-Jaber situate their analysis of evolving relations in the contexts of Ottoman-British geopolitical rivalry in the Persian Gulf, the Turkish Republic’s fluctuating relations with the Middle East until the 2000s, the AKP governments’ opening to the region and finally the Arab Spring and its aftermath. Contextualizing the trajectory of Turkish-Qatari relations within the larger Middle East and the Gulf Arab region, the authors argue that material interests and identity politics have generally determined relations until the turn of the millennium. Under Erdogan and Sheikh Hamad’s assertive leadership and ambitious foreign policy, Turkey and Qatar came to witness various foreign policy convergences on critically important regional issues. Pala and Al-Jaber argue that these convergences, coupled with their geopolitical and security goals, facilitated a political alignment between Ankara and Doha throughout the Arab Spring. They argue that despite facing major geopolitical setbacks, Turkey and Qatar were able to chart a much deeper cooperation, which later evolved into a strategic partnership in various areas.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-0172-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-0173-3
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 250
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. List of Tables No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
1. Studies on Dynamics of Turkish-Qatari Relations: From Past to Present No access
2. Why This Book No access
3. Questions This Book Tries to Answer No access
4. Scope of This Book No access
5. Theoretical Framework: Practical Geopolitical Reasoning No access
6. Outline of the Book No access
7. Notes No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Return of the Ottomans to the Gulf No access
3. The Ottomans in Qatar and Relations between the Sublime Porte and Sheikh Jassim No access
4. Ottoman Administrative Reforms in Qatar No access
5. The Ottoman-British Rivalry and the Emergence of the State of Qatar No access
6. Conclusion No access
1. Historical Background No access
2. 1. 1. The Nakba (1948) No access
    2. Nasserism (1954–1970) No access
    3. The Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962) No access
    4. The Egyptian-Israeli Peace (1979) No access
    5. The Iranian Revolution (1979) No access
  2. Economic Concerns No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. Note No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Main Drivers of Turkish-Gulf Arab Relations No access
3. 1. Relations with Israel No access
4. Economic Concerns No access
5. 1. The Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988) No access
  2. Formation of the GCC in 1981 No access
  3. The Gulf Crisis and Gulf War I (1990–1991) No access
  4. 9/11 Terrorist Attacks and Gulf War II (2001–2003) No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Note No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Further Background: Turkey-Qatar Relations from 1970s to 2000s No access
3. Identity and Interests as Foreign Policy Dynamics No access
4. Leadership No access
5. Identity Politics No access
6. 1. Security interests No access
  2. Economic interests No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
1. Foreign Policy Approaches and Tools No access
2. Regional Dynamics of Turkish-Qatari Relations No access
3. Turkish Foreign Policy Approach and Tools No access
4. Qatari Foreign Policy Approach and Tools No access
5. Analysis of Foreign Policy Approaches and Tools No access
6. Converging Political Positions No access
7. Support for Hamas: Beginnings of a Foreign Policy Convergence No access
8. Gaza: Putting Foreign Policy Approaches into Practice No access
9. Lebanon: Mediating through a Sectarian Conflict No access
10. The Iranian Nuclear Program No access
11. Conclusion No access
12. Notes No access
1. Turkey and Qatar in a New Geopolitical Reality No access
2. Arab Spring: Changing Regional Dynamics and the Turkish-Qatari Political Alignment No access
3. Syria: Setting the Stage No access
4. Syrian Quagmire: Converging Geopolitical Goals No access
5. Search for a Diplomatic Solution and Geopolitical Reasoning No access
6. Aggravation of the Conflict and Depiction of Assad Regime as the Enemy No access
7. Egypt: Turkish-Qatari Motivation to Cooperate with Muslim Brotherhood No access
8. Egypt: A Major Setback No access
9. Tunisia and Libya: Varying Degrees of Turkish-Qatari Cooperation No access
10. Conclusion No access
11. Note No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Origins of a Crisis No access
3. International Reactions to the Gulf Crisis No access
4. Turkish Reaction to the Blockade No access
5. From Political Alignment to Strategic Partnership No access
6. Expanding Financial and Economic Cooperation No access
7. The Blockade and the Turkish-Saudi Relations No access
8. The Blockade and the Turkish-Emirati Relations: Intensifying Rivalry No access
9. Libya: Another Scene of Fierce Competition No access
10. Coup or not Coup: Reversing of Democratic Gains in Tunisia? No access
11. The Horn of Africa: Another Front? No access
12. End of a Blockade: From Hostility to Rapprochement? No access
13. Conclusion No access
14. Note No access
1. Relations in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries No access
2. Foreign Policy of the Republic of Turkey toward the Middle East No access
3. Forging Closer Relations: Arab Spring and Turkish-Qatari Political Alignment No access
4. A Special Relationship: Turkish-Qatari Strategic Partnership No access
5. Future Outlook of Turkish-Qatari Relations: Potential for Further Growth and Drawbacks No access
6. Rising Stars Again No access
7. Precious Loneliness and Isolation Continued No access
8. End of Strategic Partnership No access
9. Note No access
Bibliography No access Pages 211 - 242
Index No access Pages 243 - 248
About the Authors No access Pages 249 - 250