Tiny Qatar refuses to bend
Qatar is the size of Connecticut, with a population of 2.6 million, only about 300,000 of them Qatari citizens. It’s oil- and gas-rich, and its leaders have managed to defy larger Arab neighbors in recent years in part by leveraging that wealth and ties with another neighbor, Iran, and the United States — 10,000 U.S. troops are based at Al Udeid Air Base outside Doha.