Alwaght- Defense diplomacy is among the coalition building mechanisms to counter a threat, and can make a way for fulfilment of strategic objectives and the seizure of power in an anarchic environment. Qatar is among the countries in West Asia that pursues regional and strategic defense diplomacy to enhance its role in the West Asia equations and consolidate such a position.
Political role of countries in the West Asia changes in a remarkable speed. In the 1970s, Iran played a central role in foreign and security policy of the Persian Gulf. Nixon's Doctrine should be taken as the main factor of Iran’s central role in the West Asia's geopolitical environment. Global policy is now connected to aspects of identity, power, militarism and energy resources. Such elements exert influence on the configuration of power and developments in the West Asia.
The significance of countries like Libya in North Africa, and Qatar in southern regions of Persian Gulf should be evaluated based on their energy resources. Energy can play an effective role in strengthening the authoritarian political systems. As the Energy is assumed among the main factors of geopolitical and security interventionism of powers in the West Asia and Persian Gulf.
Because of the economic resources and security cooperation with the major powers, countries like Qatar feel that they can play an effective role in regional politics.
With the decline of authoritarian political systems, the emergence of new players in the regional security of the West Asia and Persian Gulf is inevitable, a process showing that Qatar is gradually stabilizing its political situation in the West Asia. Such a feeling always lead to tragic consequences for regional players. Security and power in the West Asia’s current conditions can make a way for military coups, wars in the region, overthrow of political systems and emergence of new players in the regional policy of the West Asia. All the above shows that nothing, but oil and gas pipelines can better reflect the stability, instability, predictability, and unpredictability of great events in the West Asia.
Qatar's political leaders feel that their regional role has been strengthened. Behavioral realities of the West Asia give rise to such a feeling. This feeling, influenced by the equation of accession and cooperation with the US security policy in the West Asia is as follows:
The first thing is the use of accession model against the threatening country. There is a kind of behavior and reaction in addressing regional and international threats. This happens when the player that is threatened, is unwilling to face the threatening player. In this situation, instead of creating balance, the country tries to use accession model. Accession is a kind of political and international behavior that political entities use in the threat environment. For example, when the wave of Islamic Awakening in the West Asia initiated in 2011, some countries felt threatened by social uprisings, and coordinated themselves with democratic waves. In this regard, Qatar, Jordan, Yemen, and Bahrain sought to coordinate their political approach with the wave of social and Islamic uprisings in the West Asia.
Regional security cooperation with the major powers is regarded as the coordination of regional countries with the political objectives of the threatening country. In literature of international relations, this is considered as "accession". The accession model is used when the political players try to maintain their position in the regional and international arena. For example, South Yemen and Jordan in 1990 coordinated themselves with regional policies of Iraq.
Such a process is taken as applying the accession model in the process of regional balance. In the early years of the 1990s, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Egypt tried to use the balance-of-threat model. In regional developments and the crisis caused by occupation of Kuwait and its consequences in 1990 -1991, Islamic Republic of Iran adopted balance-of-power model. Theoreticians like Stephen Walt believed that the use of accession policy at processes of regional power movement creates high-risk results, a future that awaits countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar, countries following the policy of blockade and fighting against the units, comprising the axis of resistance.
Therefore, such countries may even join the invading country to address the threat. This model in many cases creates security risks for countries. Critic groups, call this behavior a "policy of compromise".
The second thing is Qatar cooperation model in the US security model. Qatar security cooperation with the US is based on the new political role of this country. The US is trying to organize once again some aspects of Nixon's Doctrine of regional security. In the 1970s, Iran and Saudi Arabia were the main axis of the US model of regional security in the Persian Gulf. During the second decade of the 21st century, Saudi Arabia has maintained its regional role. The country is trying to manifest some aspects of regional cooperation with the trying in an ideological and security configuration. To oppose Iran, the axis of resistance is regarded as the main reasons for the US willingness for security cooperation with Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Qatar, a diplomatic-media center for security building, is trying to play a significant role in the Persian Gulf. Many political and security projects of the US are implemented by its foreign policy agents in Qatar. Qatar’s role in news broadcasting and foreign policy began remarkably in 1992. Al-Jazeera tried to bring under control the minds and political understanding of the Arab world. The network has earned the highest audience in the Arab world.
Al-Jazeera audience finding process can help Qatar to increase its political role in the Persian Gulf and West Asia countries. In general, news networks and media could be considered as the basis of diplomatic moves. Countries with an effective incentive to play a political role in the region are trying to follow the process through the media and analytical news agencies.
In the years after the September 11 attacks, the Sheraton Hotel has been a center for regional conferences. Such conferences were generally carried out based on the participation of Al-Jazeera. The network strives to provide a background for absorption of intellectuals and elite analysts. One of the processes for absorption of the Turkish elites, in the framework of US-centered policies in an Arab West Asia could be considered in holding such conferences.
Qatar's diplomatic and political role in building a coalition government in Lebanon and the West Asia has had a great importance in the Arab world. In Doha meeting, Qatar political leaders helped Iran and Hezbollah to achieve a common ground for the formation of a coalition government in Lebanon. In 2011- 2012, Qatar assumed a diplomatic role for absorption of the Taliban and apposing Syria. Doha is now the main center of diplomatic conferences to organize political and security process in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and Palestine, a process facilitated by full participation of Saudi Arabia and Turkey, countries that act as players of coalition to oppose the axis of resistance.
Defense diplomacy is a coalition building mechanism to address the threats, and could lay the grounds for fulfilment of strategic objectives and seizure of power in an anarchic environment. Therefore, considering the issues, it seems that Qatar is attempting to pursue a regional and strategic defense diplomacy to enhance its role in the West Asia equations.
Political role of countries in the West Asia changes in a remarkable speed. In the 1970s, Iran played a central role in foreign and security policy of the Persian Gulf. Nixon's Doctrine should be taken as the main factor of Iran’s central role in the West Asia's geopolitical environment. Global policy is now connected to aspects of identity, power, militarism and energy resources. Such elements exert influence on the configuration of power and developments in the West Asia.
The significance of countries like Libya in North Africa, and Qatar in southern regions of Persian Gulf should be evaluated based on their energy resources. Energy can play an effective role in strengthening the authoritarian political systems. As the Energy is assumed among the main factors of geopolitical and security interventionism of powers in the West Asia and Persian Gulf.
Because of the economic resources and security cooperation with the major powers, countries like Qatar feel that they can play an effective role in regional politics.
With the decline of authoritarian political systems, the emergence of new players in the regional security of the West Asia and Persian Gulf is inevitable, a process showing that Qatar is gradually stabilizing its political situation in the West Asia. Such a feeling always lead to tragic consequences for regional players. Security and power in the West Asia’s current conditions can make a way for military coups, wars in the region, overthrow of political systems and emergence of new players in the regional policy of the West Asia. All the above shows that nothing, but oil and gas pipelines can better reflect the stability, instability, predictability, and unpredictability of great events in the West Asia.
Qatar's political leaders feel that their regional role has been strengthened. Behavioral realities of the West Asia give rise to such a feeling. This feeling, influenced by the equation of accession and cooperation with the US security policy in the West Asia is as follows:
The first thing is the use of accession model against the threatening country. There is a kind of behavior and reaction in addressing regional and international threats. This happens when the player that is threatened, is unwilling to face the threatening player. In this situation, instead of creating balance, the country tries to use accession model. Accession is a kind of political and international behavior that political entities use in the threat environment. For example, when the wave of Islamic Awakening in the West Asia initiated in 2011, some countries felt threatened by social uprisings, and coordinated themselves with democratic waves. In this regard, Qatar, Jordan, Yemen, and Bahrain sought to coordinate their political approach with the wave of social and Islamic uprisings in the West Asia.
Regional security cooperation with the major powers is regarded as the coordination of regional countries with the political objectives of the threatening country. In literature of international relations, this is considered as "accession". The accession model is used when the political players try to maintain their position in the regional and international arena. For example, South Yemen and Jordan in 1990 coordinated themselves with regional policies of Iraq.
Such a process is taken as applying the accession model in the process of regional balance. In the early years of the 1990s, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Egypt tried to use the balance-of-threat model. In regional developments and the crisis caused by occupation of Kuwait and its consequences in 1990 -1991, Islamic Republic of Iran adopted balance-of-power model. Theoreticians like Stephen Walt believed that the use of accession policy at processes of regional power movement creates high-risk results, a future that awaits countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar, countries following the policy of blockade and fighting against the units, comprising the axis of resistance.
Therefore, such countries may even join the invading country to address the threat. This model in many cases creates security risks for countries. Critic groups, call this behavior a "policy of compromise".
The second thing is Qatar cooperation model in the US security model. Qatar security cooperation with the US is based on the new political role of this country. The US is trying to organize once again some aspects of Nixon's Doctrine of regional security. In the 1970s, Iran and Saudi Arabia were the main axis of the US model of regional security in the Persian Gulf. During the second decade of the 21st century, Saudi Arabia has maintained its regional role. The country is trying to manifest some aspects of regional cooperation with the trying in an ideological and security configuration. To oppose Iran, the axis of resistance is regarded as the main reasons for the US willingness for security cooperation with Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Qatar, a diplomatic-media center for security building, is trying to play a significant role in the Persian Gulf. Many political and security projects of the US are implemented by its foreign policy agents in Qatar. Qatar’s role in news broadcasting and foreign policy began remarkably in 1992. Al-Jazeera tried to bring under control the minds and political understanding of the Arab world. The network has earned the highest audience in the Arab world.
Al-Jazeera audience finding process can help Qatar to increase its political role in the Persian Gulf and West Asia countries. In general, news networks and media could be considered as the basis of diplomatic moves. Countries with an effective incentive to play a political role in the region are trying to follow the process through the media and analytical news agencies.
In the years after the September 11 attacks, the Sheraton Hotel has been a center for regional conferences. Such conferences were generally carried out based on the participation of Al-Jazeera. The network strives to provide a background for absorption of intellectuals and elite analysts. One of the processes for absorption of the Turkish elites, in the framework of US-centered policies in an Arab West Asia could be considered in holding such conferences.
Qatar's diplomatic and political role in building a coalition government in Lebanon and the West Asia has had a great importance in the Arab world. In Doha meeting, Qatar political leaders helped Iran and Hezbollah to achieve a common ground for the formation of a coalition government in Lebanon. In 2011- 2012, Qatar assumed a diplomatic role for absorption of the Taliban and apposing Syria. Doha is now the main center of diplomatic conferences to organize political and security process in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and Palestine, a process facilitated by full participation of Saudi Arabia and Turkey, countries that act as players of coalition to oppose the axis of resistance.
Defense diplomacy is a coalition building mechanism to address the threats, and could lay the grounds for fulfilment of strategic objectives and seizure of power in an anarchic environment. Therefore, considering the issues, it seems that Qatar is attempting to pursue a regional and strategic defense diplomacy to enhance its role in the West Asia equations.
