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Qatar reading:
This is a useful overview of the British-led security structure in the Gulf prior to full independence:
https://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/iais/downloads/Onley_Britain_and_Gulf_Shaikhdoms2009.pdf
And here’s an article looking specifically at Qatar’s entry into this system:
http://www.qdl.qa/en/when-maritime-protection-not-enough-britain%E2%80%99s-agreement-protect-qatar%E2%80%99s-borders-sea-and-land
Article about Qatar’s soft power politics (mainly arguing that it’s a misnomer – it’s all about money):
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=20&ved=0ahUKEwisqPqzl6nUAhVpK8AKHYI7B9Q4ChAWCFMwCQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fperiodicos.pucminas.br%2Findex.php%2Fconjuntura%2Farticle%2Fdownload%2FP.1809-6182.2016v13n1p22%2F10251&usg=AFQjCNH7zyEP49Ni2oaS6fei0NcpqOwAAg&cad=rja
Intro chapter to a book about political/economic development of Qatar
https://www.rienner.com/uploads/513fa0a74e57c.pdf
Article about the Al Thanis
http://www18.georgetown.edu/data/people/mk556/publication-43121.pdf
Article about Islamism in Qatar – includes important note about the role of Muslim Brotherhood in building up state/education system in the 50s
http://noref.no/var/ezflow_site/storage/original/application/ac81941df1be874ccbda35e747218abf.pdf
US-Qatar relations
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL31718.pdf