Qatar: a new regional super power

There will be regional re-alignment in the wake of the Tunisian and Egyptian uprising.  The prominent role played by Aljazeera will catapult the regional role of Qatar.  I basically expect that all Arab countries would clamor to build excellent ties with the Qatari government and to avoid upsetting the Emir.  They saw first hand how the Mubarak's feud with the Emir of Qatar led to such an intensive and emotional coverage of the uprising (although aljazeera's coverage in the first two days was rather low key following a mini-rapprochement between Mubarak and Emir after a visit to Qatar by the former in December).