by Ekrem Duman | Jul 26, 2026 | Qatar Company Stories, Qatar Vision 2030 & Soft Power
⚡ TL;DRQatar’s strategy amounts to a coherent playbook for a small state with a large resource: monetise the resource at the lowest possible cost, own the route to market rather than just the resource, convert surplus into diversified financial assets, buy...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 26, 2026 | Qatar Company Stories, Qatar Vision 2030 & Soft Power
⚡ TL;DRThe headline measure of diversification — the hydrocarbon share of gross domestic product — has fallen, and it is the wrong measure. Most of Qatar’s non-hydrocarbon economy is construction, services and public administration funded by...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 26, 2026 | Qatar Company Stories, Qatar Vision 2030 & Soft Power
⚡ TL;DRQatar Foundation imported entire university programmes rather than building institutions from nothing, concentrating international branch campuses, research institutes, schools and a science park in a single district. The approach bought credibility and...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 26, 2026 | Qatar Company Stories, Qatar Vision 2030 & Soft Power
⚡ TL;DRQatar has made mediation a central instrument of foreign policy, hosting talks and channels involving parties that do not speak to each other directly. Supporters describe this as a small state making itself useful and indispensable; critics argue that...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 26, 2026 | Qatar Company Stories, Qatar Vision 2030 & Soft Power
⚡ TL;DRQatar National Vision 2030 is a four-pillar framework published in 2008 covering human, social, economic and environmental development, implemented through successive national development strategies. Like most national visions it is stronger on aspiration...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 26, 2026 | Qatar Company Stories, Qatar Startups & Ecosystem
⚡ TL;DRFor a startup choosing a Gulf base, the UAE offers the deepest ecosystem and talent pool, Saudi Arabia offers by far the largest domestic market and the most aggressive state capital, and Qatar offers lower costs, strong institutions and a specialised...
