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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155121903321

Titolo

The small Gulf States : foreign and security policies before and after the Arab Spring / / edited by Khalid S. Almezaini and Jean-Marc Rickli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-61957-1

1-317-21435-8

1-317-21434-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

AlmezainiKhalid S

RickliJean-Marc

Disciplina

327.536

Soggetti

National security - Persian Gulf States

Persian Gulf States Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Khalid Almezaini and Jean-Marc Rickli -- Theories of small states: foreign and security policies and the Gulf States / Jean-Marc Rickli and Khalid Almezaini -- The changing security dynamics in the Middle East and its impact on smaller GCC states: alliance choices and policies / Victor Gervais -- Gulf security policy after the Arab Spring: considering changing security dynamics / Andreas Krieg -- The United States and its key Gulf allies: a new foundation for a troubled partnership? / David Goldfischer -- Iran and the GCC sheikhdoms / Shahram Akbarzadeh -- Oman's independent foreign policy / Abdullah Baabood -- Evolving foreign and security policies: a comparative study of Qatar and the UAE / Emma Soubrier -- Risk diversification and the UAE foreign policy / Leah Sherwood -- Gulf States' engagement in North Africa: the role of foreign aid / Lisa Watanabe -- Conclusion: the foreign policies of the Gulf small states: an exception in small states' behaviours? / Khalid Almezaini and Jean-Marc Rickli.