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POWER COMPETITION IN THE MIDDLE EAST EMERGING ALLIANCE OF TURKEY AND QATAR AND RESPONSE OF SAUDI ARABIA

08 Pages : 76-83

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/girr.2023(VI-I).08      10.31703/girr.2023(VI-I).08      Published : Mar 2023

Power Competition in the Middle East: Emerging Alliance of Turkey And Qatar, and Response of Saudi Arabia

    This study describes the domestic influences, ideational factors, and power dynamics in the wider Middle Eastern and Gulf region. The study has examined the burgeoning rapprochement of Qatar and Turkey particularly post-Arab Spring and its implications for Saudi Arabia. After the Arab Spring, the Middle East presented a tripolar structure where the Turkey-Qatar alliance and their sympathy with the Muslim world formed a third bloc which is called the moderate resistance bloc. This study is based on qualitative research methodology. The ramifications of the study explored that to avoid the dominance of politics and status quo blocs, the moderate resistance bloc strived to play a balanced role by adopting the pragmatic approach in its regional and global engagements. The study recommends that all three countries should promote sustained diplomatic dialogue.

    Turkey-Saudi Arab-Qatar Relations, Arab Uprising, Events of Arab Spring, Formation of Blocs, Turkey-Qatar Alliance
    (1) Naila Afzal
    Ph.D Scholar, Department of Political Science, Government College Women University, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Zahid Yaseen
    Associate Professor & Chairperson, Department of Political Science, Government College Women University, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.

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    APA : Afzal, N., & Yaseen, Z. (2023). Power Competition in the Middle East: Emerging Alliance of Turkey And Qatar, and Response of Saudi Arabia. Global International Relations Review, VI(I), 76-83. https://doi.org/10.31703/girr.2023(VI-I).08
    CHICAGO : Afzal, Naila, and Zahid Yaseen. 2023. "Power Competition in the Middle East: Emerging Alliance of Turkey And Qatar, and Response of Saudi Arabia." Global International Relations Review, VI (I): 76-83 doi: 10.31703/girr.2023(VI-I).08
    HARVARD : AFZAL, N. & YASEEN, Z. 2023. Power Competition in the Middle East: Emerging Alliance of Turkey And Qatar, and Response of Saudi Arabia. Global International Relations Review, VI, 76-83.
    MHRA : Afzal, Naila, and Zahid Yaseen. 2023. "Power Competition in the Middle East: Emerging Alliance of Turkey And Qatar, and Response of Saudi Arabia." Global International Relations Review, VI: 76-83
    MLA : Afzal, Naila, and Zahid Yaseen. "Power Competition in the Middle East: Emerging Alliance of Turkey And Qatar, and Response of Saudi Arabia." Global International Relations Review, VI.I (2023): 76-83 Print.
    OXFORD : Afzal, Naila and Yaseen, Zahid (2023), "Power Competition in the Middle East: Emerging Alliance of Turkey And Qatar, and Response of Saudi Arabia", Global International Relations Review, VI (I), 76-83
    TURABIAN : Afzal, Naila, and Zahid Yaseen. "Power Competition in the Middle East: Emerging Alliance of Turkey And Qatar, and Response of Saudi Arabia." Global International Relations Review VI, no. I (2023): 76-83. https://doi.org/10.31703/girr.2023(VI-I).08