LEADER 02429oam 2200457I 450 001 9910155121903321 005 20230809233736.0 010 $a1-315-61957-1 010 $a1-317-21435-8 010 $a1-317-21434-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315619576 035 $a(CKB)4340000000023949 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4767314 035 $a(OCoLC)965826159 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000023949 100 $a20180706d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe small Gulf States $eforeign and security policies before and after the Arab Spring /$fedited by Khalid S. Almezaini and Jean-Marc Rickli 210 1$aNew York, N.Y. :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (268 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a1-138-66598-3 311 $a1-138-66597-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction / 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. 606 $aNational security$zPersian Gulf States 607 $aPersian Gulf States$xForeign relations 615 0$aNational security 676 $a327.536 701 $aAlmezaini$b Khalid S$0925831 701 $aRickli$b Jean-Marc$0952267 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910155121903321 996 $aThe small Gulf States$92152706 997 $aUNINA