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Qatar's World Cup workers

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Is Qatar Worth Hosting the World Cup?

James Dorsey is an expert on the politics of football in the Middle East. For Qatar, hosting the World Cup is more about improving its international reputation than economics. But this is not about economics for Qatar - it's a small state sandwiched between two regional behemoths like Saudi Arabia and Iran. And so its whole policy is geared towards soft power, whether that's sports, or the airport and the airline.

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