Pygmy with the Punch of a Giant  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 401 no. 8758 (Nov. 2011), page 54-55.
Topik: Affluence; Influence; Geographic Profiles; Economic Conditions; Muslims

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Until oil and gas made Qatar rich, beginning in the 1960s, this tiny, scalding, pancake-flat peninsula scarcely boasted a settled population, let alone a town of any size. Even now, with a population that has trebled in the booming 16 years since Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani overthrew his father, the emirate holds just 1.7m people. Statistics showing Qatar's residents to be the richest in the world, with a GDP per person of $80,000-plus at purchasing-power parity, vastly underrate the wealth of a pampered 250,000 or so who hold the privilege of citizenship. In any event, Qatar punches far above its weight: witness its recent proclaimed triumph in Libya. Its muscle, in the form of weapons, cash, fuel, airlift, six fighter-bombers, 100-plus field advisers and vigorous diplomacy, bolstered NATO's bombers and drones and--more than any other Arab country--helped oust Colonel Qaddafi. Qatar's rulers have in practice frowned on organised political Islam. The dominant Qatari brand of faith is middle-of-the-road. The Qataris and their rulers are pragmatists, not ideologues.

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