YÜKSELİŞTEN KRİZE KATAR YÖNETİMİNDE LİDERLİK

Oldukça yeni ve küçük bir devlet olan Katar, 1995-2013 periyodunda büyük bir ekonomik büyüme paralelinde gerçekleştirdiği dönüşüm sonucunda aktif ve etkin bir aktör olarak uluslararası arenaya katılarak dikkatleri üzerine çekmiş ve akademik çalışmaların ilgi odağı haline gelmiştir. Ne var ki “Arap Baharı” sonrası bağlamda KİK ülkeleri arasında ortaya çıkan siyasi çatışma sonucu Katar adı bölgesel bir krizi ifade eder hale gelmiştir. Bu makale Katar’ın hem 1995-2013 yükseliş döneminde hem de halen devam eden kriz döneminde, kendine özgü politikalarını liderlik konsepti çerçevesinde incelemektedir. Bu çalışma liderlik faktörünün hem yükseliş döneminin oldukça elverişli şartlarının hem de kriz döneminin zorlu şartlarının Katar’ın ilerlemesi yolunda önemli avantajlara dönüştürülmüş olmasında anahtar rol oynadığını iddia etmektedir. Bu yaklaşımla, Katar’ın neden ve ne şekilde diğer küçük Körfez ülkelerinden farklılaştığı ve bunun etkin bir uluslararası aktör olarak yükselmesi ve de bölgesel krizin ana tarafı haline gelmesi üzerindeki etkileri ortaya konmaktadır

From Rise to Crisis: The Qatari Leadership

Qatar, a young and tiny Gulf State, realized a remarkable transformation through immense economic development in 1995-2013 period and emerged as an active and influential actor at international stage, receiving worldwide attention and scholarly interests. However, in the post “Arab-spring” context, the name of Qatar has turned out to be name of the regional crisis as a consequence of the emerging political clash between the GCC States. This paper analyzes Qatar’s distinctive policies in the period of Qatar’s rising (1995-2013) and in the ongoing period of the crisis within the framework of leadership conception. It is argued at this paper that the leadership factor has played the key role in transforming both the auspicious circumstances of the previous term and the challenging circumstances of the recent term into the great advantages to promote Qatar. Through this perspective, it’s aimed to define that why and how Qatar has differed from the other small Gulf States and how it affected Qatar’s emerging as a rising power and then as the main side of the regional conflict

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