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Content Type: Books
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In “AngloArabia: Why Gulf Wealth Matters to Britain,” David Wearing analyzes not only how Gulf oil and gas have historically impacted GCC-Britain relations, but also reveals how these controversially reciprocal ties benefit Britain through investment and export of arms, goods, and services; while GCC monarchies in turn strengthen their repressive
Content Type: Books
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Iran’s military policy is a contentious subject. Ofira Seliktar and Farhad Rezaei provide a comprehensive look at how Iran has been implementing asymmetrical warfare strategy and proxy war since the establishment of the Islamic Revolution in their book Iran, Revolution, and Proxy Wars. Drawing upon comprehensive primary and secondary sources,
Content Type: Books
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For over a decade now, thinking on regional relations in the Gulf has focused on the competition for regional hegemony between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Today, this perspective is outdated. The smaller Gulf Arab states, led by the United Arab Emirates, are calling for their own goals and interests to
Content Type: Books
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Something extraordinary is happening in Saudi Arabia. A traditional, tribal society once known for its lack of tolerance is rapidly implementing significant economic and social reforms. An army of foreign consultants is rewriting the social contract, King Salman has cracked down hard on corruption, and his dynamic though inexperienced son,
Content Type: Books
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In “Sectarian Gulf: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the Arab Spring That Wasn’t”, Toby Matthiesen explores the impact of sectarianism during the “Arab Spring” in the Gulf. Drawing on his fieldwork, Matthiesen focuses on Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and to a lesser degree Kuwait and Oman. The book deals exclusively with the
Content Type: Conferences
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Over the past years, hostility towards Islam in Europe as well as scathing attacks onWestern values have created the wide-spread impression that “Islam” and “the West” aretwo inherently incompatible and irreconcilable cultures. In light of this debate, expertsfrom Europe and the Middle East convened in Doha to discuss ways to
Content Type: Conferences
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Rationale Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Gulf region has encountered multiple new and old security challenges of different natures. Among others, these challenges included: This list of issues faced by the region within the last twenty years is incomplete and can be continued. Yet, it already demonstrates that
Content Type: Syllabuses
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This course offers taught postgraduate students an introduction to the history, politics, and development of the Gulf states of the Middle East. A distinct sub-system of the region, the resourcerich states of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Iraq and Iran command enduring relevance within the international system. The
Content Type: Posts
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On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Journal of Arabian Studies (JAS), this article offers the first history of the field of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (GAPS), including the origins and evolution of JAS. It begins with an overview of the origins and evolution of GAPS as