No more own goals
The new emir wants more discipline at home and less risk-taking abroad
BARELY two months since Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani passed the crown to his son, Tamim, a new mood is taking hold in Doha, Qatar’s capital. Continuity is the official name of the game, but such catchphrases as “rebalancing”, “discipline” and even “the need to centralise” have crept into the political lexicon, heralding a shift in emphasis both at home and abroad.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “No more own goals”
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