Timur Akhmetov is an undergraduate at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University). He studies Political Science and International Relations with a special interest in Middle Eastern politics.
Qatar plays a key role in the Middle East, mostly because of its successful foreign policy, which has the characteristics of a balancing act. With so many different allies with contradictory interests, how has Qatar managed to obtain this central position and how long can they hold on to it