Qatar Me Twice

Qatar Me Twice asks what happens when Qatar’s bargain becomes a regional template. From Doha to Rabat, Riyadh, Cairo, and Abu Dhabi, this episode traces the dangerous logic of Arab client states courting empire, hosting bases, buying weapons, normalizing alliances, and mistaking access for safety. Qatar survived the bargain once. But if others ask for the same deal, knowing the cost, shame on who?

Production note: Professor John McKawim is a composite narrator and analyst, performed through a synthetic text-to-speech voice. The show is tagged for AI transparency, but the research, writing, editing, and direction are creator-led.