A quick look at a map of the Near East and North Africa reveals two key facts: 1) The region is politically divided into sparsely populated, but geographically enormous nations on one side; smaller countries on the other, most of which are politically, economically and socially unstable. The one exception to this overarching rule is the peninsular country of Qatar. 

Strategically jutting out into the Persian Gulf, the country has, over the last several decades, emerged as one of the few Middle East’s rare success stories. Gas riches and a ‘go-its-own-way’ mindset within Qatari society and its government, including the nation’s royal family, has utterly transformed the country since the early 1970s.

https://www.neweurope.eu/article/qatar-is-forging-its-own-path/

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