Risk of Ukraine energy shock poses fresh test for pragmatic Qatar emir

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Qatar's top diplomat visited Iran on Thursday, days before Tamim holds talks in Washington that are expected to cover the pact.
56% : Already a diplomatic broker for the West over Afghanistan, and occasional go-between on Iran, the latest potential job for
49% : Hamad, who abdicated in 2013, made it a trademark of Qatari diplomacy to maintain relationships not only with Washington and its regional allies but also with U.S. rivals such as Iran, the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah.
48% : "Because of its fairly neutral position, actors such as Iran and the Taliban see in Qatar an intermediary who, although it stands up for principles that align with the West, can engage with regional needs and grievances in a far more understanding manner."
41% : Iran has asked Qatar to broker the release of dual-national Iranian-Americans and Iranian-Europeans jailed in Iran.
39% : A big test came in 2017 when Saudi Arabia and three Arab allies imposed a trade and travel embargo on Qatar, infuriated by its links to the Muslim Brotherhood, Tehran and the Taliban.

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