Ambassador Patrick N. Theros (Ret.) is the President of the US-Qatar Business Council, a non-profit, private sector organization which provides a forum for discussion of key economic, commercial and other issues of interest to American companies doing or planning to do business in Qatar. He spoke with The Prospect Group about the US-Qatari economic relationship, the challenges of attracting American SMEs to come to Qatar, and the importance of Qatar's political role in the region.