. >> mehran kamrava talks about the outsized influence of qatar in the world. he argues unlike other regional powerhouses qatar has been able to achieve its global scanning through al-jazeera, its supportu democracy movement in the middln east, and through the hosting of major world events like the world cup.o this is about an hour and 15 minutes.wn wth >> thank you all very much. let me start by thanking the wonderful team for tonight's event. let me start by thanking osama and his team for tonight's event. i am most grateful and honored to be here. thank you all. i was motivated to study since 2007 at the georgetown campus in delhi. one of the first things that struck me about the country was it's amazing development and its relative success. so what motivated me to write this book is the simple question of whether or not qutar is for real. i don't know how many of you are familiar with qutar. but in many ways, this is a country that consistently punches above its weight to overuse and use the metaphor. it is a small state, which tries to be extremely consequ

mehran i wanted to ask you, you emphasize the remarkable social cohesion and the efforts that regime makes to draw in the business community for example. i was wonder if you have any thoughts on how the regime deals with domestic dissent and thinking for a of mohammed the deed to his serving a 15 year jail time and i think the new amir has chosen to uphold that sentence so do you have any dots on what's going on there? >> yeah. you mentioned domestic dissent. qatar is remarkable for its lack of consent particularly to other states. it doesn't mean there aren't individuals particularly in the social media and in particular twitter, against the erosion of culture or against some of these developments. by and large, we don't have dissent in the country. i will tell you why there is absence of dissent. first and foremost, the average per-capita gross domestic drawbacks is around $354,000 a year. qataris tend to be remarkably wealthy and are aware of that wealth particularly in comparison to bahrainis or the moradi's or the saudi's or the kuwaitis so they know how good they have it. econo

mehran kamrava will field is old on questions thank you. >> we have a microphone? [inaudible conversations] >> sure. >> hello, i would like to ask you. you have talked about the social cohesion and what we did to john the business community, for example. i'm wondering if you have any thoughts on how the regime deal is and how they deal with domestic dissent and thinking, for example, the individual who is serving a 15 year jail time and i think that it has chosen to uphold that sentence. so do you have any thoughts on what is going on there? >> you know, you mentioned domestic dissent. and qatar is remarkable for its lack of domestic dissent compared to other regional states and it doesn't mean that there are not individuals or chatter in the social media particularly. and most particularly, twitter against erosion of culture or in some of these developments. by and large, you do not have dissent in the country. i will tell you why there is an absence of this defense. first and foremost, the average per capita gross domestic product is around $354,000 per year. and

. >> mehran kamrava talks about the outsized influence of qatar in the world. he argues unlike other regional powerhouses qatar has been able to achieve its global scanning through al-jazeera, its supportu democracy movement in the middln east, and through the hosting of major world events like the world cup.o this is about an hour and 15

please join us outside for some snacks and feel free to continue the conversation with professor mehran kamrava. thank you all very much. [applause] >> is there a nonfiction author a book you would like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> brad gregory is the author of "the unintended reformation. he present his book on the impact of the protestant reformation on western society and culture. professor gregory is the recipient of the 2013 isi henry and anne paolucci book award. this is a little over one hour. >> all right. well, good evening and welcome. welcome to the 2013 isi henry and anne paolucci book award presentation. my name is mark henry and then senior vice president and chief academic officer at the institute. for those of you who may be new to us, isi is a national educational organization founded in 1953 in philadelphia and headquartered since 1996 on centerville road in greenville. isi's mission is to educate for liberty, inspiring college students to discover, embrace, and advance the principles and virtue

. >> mehran kamrava talks about the outsized influence of qatar in the world. he argues unlike other regional powerhouses qatar has been able to achieve its global scanning through al-jazeera, its supportu democracy movement in the middln east, and through the hosting of major world events like the world cup.o this is about an hour and 15