This article analyzes how Qatar strategically utilized its foreign policy to overcome the implications of the 2017 Gulf crisis. Using neoclassical realism, it investigates the ways in which Qatar used its foreign relations to mitigate the impact of a crisis that barred Qatar from aerial, naval, and land corridors in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates, henceforth referred to as the Quartet. The impacts are threefold. Starting from a macro-level perspective, Qatar leveraged its status as a crucial energy supplier, alongside the resultant financial boon, to prevent an international consensus supporting the claims of the Quartet. From a micro-level perspective, the likelihood of military escalation was circumvented by Qatar's ties with Turkey and the United States. Finally, the economic impact of the crisis was largely absorbed by Qatar's ties with Iran.

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分裂海湾中的“大卫”：卡塔尔的外交政策与 2017 年海湾危机

本文分析了卡塔尔如何战略性地利用其外交政策来克服 2017 年海湾危机的影响。使用新古典现实主义，它调查了卡塔尔利用其外交关系减轻危机的影响的方式，该危机禁止卡塔尔进入沙特阿拉伯、埃及、巴林和阿拉伯联合酋长国的空中、海上和陆地走廊，此后称为作为四重奏。影响是三重的。从宏观层面出发，卡塔尔利用其作为重要能源供应国的地位以及由此产生的财政收益，阻止了支持四方主张的国际共识。从微观层面看，卡塔尔与土耳其和美国的关系规避了军事升级的可能性。最后，