Other experts have argued that, given the strategic and economic imbalance of the relationship, Doha could eventually pay "an incommensurate price for having thought it could defy forever the laws of geo-economic gravity […] Qatar has had to resort to expensive imports from Iran and Oman to circumvent the Saudi-led blockade: such an impractical expediency won’t be tenable in the long term, as Iran itself is subject to various commercial sanctions and Qatar doesn’t possess the modern naval infrastructure that may have allowed it to truly withstand the shock".[26]