Doha: Failure of American policy

From: The Arab American News | Date: December 19, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

Doha: Failure of American policy

Much has been written about the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) economic conference held in Doha, Qatar, in mid-November. Most objective analysts and observers concluded that the Doha conference failed in achieving its declared goals. The conferees left Qatar on November 18 without even agreeing on whether or where the next conference would be held.

Although the conference is well behind us, several important questions deserve further attention. First and foremost, who failed in Doha? Was it Qatar's failure or someone else's? Second, whose fault was ...

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