The Qatari Financial Sector: Building Bridges Between Domestic and International

Dahdal, Andrew M.; Walker, Gordon; Arner, Douglas W.

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The Qatari Financial Sector: Building Bridges Between Domestic and International

32 (3) Banking and Finance Law Review 529-549

University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2020/013

22 Pages Posted: 7 Apr 2020 Last revised: 20 Apr 2020

See all articles by Andrew M. Dahdal

Douglas W. Arner

The University of Hong Kong; University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance; European Banking Institute; Queen Mary University of London - Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS)

Date Written: June 1, 2017

Abstract

Neil Brenner argues we should not assume the relationship between ‘‘global cities” and the territorial State is a ‘‘zero sum”1 game. The zero sum view is that as cities grow into hubs or nodes of global capitalism, their power increases to the corresponding diminishment of the power of the territorial State. In other words, as global commercial realities are ‘‘locked in” to the global city, the State is ‘‘locked out”. The experience of Qatar — an energy-rich nation situated between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia — provides some support for Brenner’s observation.

Keywords: Qatar, Financial Regulation, Global Finance

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Dahdal, Andrew M. and Walker, Gordon and Arner, Douglas W., The Qatari Financial Sector: Building Bridges Between Domestic and International (June 1, 2017). 32 (3) Banking and Finance Law Review 529-549, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2020/013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3568127