Qatar–Turkey Rapprochement: Challenging the Regional Status Quo in the Gulf Security Sub-complex

Abstract

With the election of the Justice and Development Party (JDP hereafter) and Qatar’s leadership change in 1995, there is no doubt that interactions between Turkey and Qatar have gained pace. The Turkey–Qatar alliance reached a new high after the Arab Spring, with these two countries emerging as two pro-revolutionary states that are disturbing the status quo in the Middle East.