Qatar Crisis and Energy

Year 2017, Issue: 4, 27 - 46, 30.08.2017

Oğuzhan Akyener Sezayi Toprak

Abstract

The crisis started between Qatar, which has the third largest natural gas reserves and the biggest LNG supply capacity, and the block of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE and its impact continues in all over the world.

This block with Bahrein, Yemen, Libya’s Tobruk Government have accused Qatar as the financer of terrorism and made the decision of ceasing all relations with Qatar as a reaction.

The fact that this development occurred right after Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia where a weapon sale agreement was signed and this process is supported by many Western institutions and countries creates some questions.

In this context, answers for those questions below, potential impact of energy to this process and the results created by this process will be examined:

• What is the problem between Qatar and the other countries?

• Did they have this problem before?

• What is relation of the US and Israel with this process?

• Where is the place of energy in this process, by taking into account that Qatar is one

of the most important country in the world?

• What is the relation of Turkey with the process by taking into account other developments

in the Middle East?

• Does it mean a step towards Iran?

• Is Turkey’s strategy correct?

Keywords

Qatar crisis, qatar energy, qatar energy crisis

References

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