Description
“Qatar is developing one of the biggest navies in the Gulf that by number of platforms is quickly outgrowing its counterparts in the region,” said Krieg, who is also a senior lecturer at King’s College London. “Qatar is a maritime nation with a strong maritime heritage similar to neighboring states.”“Qatar has been interested in developing its ‘brown water’ navy into a ‘green water’ and potentially ‘blue water’ navy that can project Qatar’s influence into the Indian Ocean. Again, much of that is tied to securing supply chains and logistics networks,” Krieg pointed out.
From his point of view, Krieg viewed Qatar’s big naval spending as an important to the Doha’s grand strategic posture, and its attempt to establish itself as a facilitator for greater powers active in the region, most notably the United States and other mostly western partners.
“The current platforms developed by Financtieri allow Qatar to provide niche capabilities to multinational operations and missions in the region. It would allow the US navy and other NATO navies to externalize or share the burden of maritime operations with Qatar’s navy, which makes Qatar an even more important ally in the region. Qatar wants to be an indispensable facilitator and broker in the region. [The] navy can support that objective,” Krieg said.
| Period | 2 Feb 2023 |
|---|---|
| Held at | Breaking Defence, United States |
Keywords
- Qatar