Qatar: Small State, Big Politics

Mehran Kamrava is Professor and Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University"s School of Foreign Service in Qatar. He is the author of a number of books, including, most recently, Iran"s Intellectual Revolution and The Modern Middle East: A Political History since the First World War, 3rd edition. He is also the editor of The International Politics of the Persian Gulf, Innovation in Islam: Traditions and Contributions, The Political Economy of the Persian Gulf, and The Nuclear Question in the Middle East.