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Maternal Dispatches with Hollie McKay

What's the deal with U.S/Qatar Ties?

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Hollie McKay
Dec 15, 2025
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In the high-stakes chess game of Middle East geopolitics, Qatar has pulled off a masterful move: reaping nearly all the rewards of the Abraham Accords — ironclad United States security backing, lucrative economic ties, and newfound regional clout — without putting its name on any dotted lines.

By cultivating deep ties across warring factions, maintaining open channels with every power player from Tehran to Tel Aviv, and staying firmly in Washington’s good graces, Qatar has emerged as the region’s foremost power broker. This enables it to preserve its leverage even as its neighbors feel the pressure from Washington to normalize ties with Israel.

So, what is really going on?

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