Citation

Barakat S, Milton S, Elkahlout G. Disasters 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Assistant Professor, Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/disa.12407

PMID

31538674

Abstract

The 2017 Gulf crisis is one of the most challenging episodes faced by Qatar since its independence in 1971, with major economic, social, and political impacts on the Arab Gulf nation. Its economic prognosis has been brought into doubt, the map of regional alliances has been redrawn, and any prospects of deeper regional integration have been dashed. This paper analyses the little-documented impact of the crisis on Qatar's humanitarian sector, which has unfolded as the small, gas-rich emirate has striven to become a major humanitarian donor. It concludes that while there have been disruptions to humanitarian operations and regional coordination, the Gulf crisis has triggered and in some cases accelerated already intended reforms across the Qatari humanitarian sector. In the long term, the reorganisation and adaptation implemented to weather the storm of the crisis may help Qatar to emerge from the crisis with a more sustainable and resilient humanitarian sector.

© 2019 The Authors Disasters © 2019 Overseas Development Institute.

Language: en

Keywords

Gulf crisis; Gulf states; Qatar; humanitarian aid reform; humanitarian organisations; humanitarian policy; humanitarianism