How Qatar is Trying to Become the Switzerland of the Middle East

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Writing by Sam Denby and Tristan Purdy
Editing by Alexander Williard
Lead Motion Design by Max Moser
Motion Design by Sara Stoltman, Derek Brown
Audio and Music by Manni Simon, Donovan Bullen
Additional Editing by José Gámez
Thumbnail by Simon Buckmaster
Supervising Producers Graham Haerther, Travis Southerland

References
[1] https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/77120
[2] https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-blockade-on-qatar-helped-strengthen-its-economy-paving-the-way-to-stronger-regional-integration/
[3] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68091659
[4] https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/11/the-pitiful-endgame-of-saudi-arabias-qatar-blockade/
[5] https://fanack.com/gulf-cooperation-council/blockade-of-qatar-2017-2021/
[6] https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/how-qatar-became-the-worlds-go-to-hostage-negotiator
[7] https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/gaza-diplomacy-cements-qatars-global-mediator-role-29e0ffb7
[8] https://theconversation.com/gaza-war-how-qatar-used-its-business-connections-to-become-a-leading-mediator-in-the-middle-east-218461
[9] https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/1048298/Kamrava-Qatari%20Foreign%20Policy%20and%20the%20Exercise%20of%20Subtle%20Power.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y

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