The Small Gulf States (eBook, PDF)

Foreign and Security Policies before and after the Arab Spring
Redaktion: Almezaini, Khalid; Rickli, Jean-Marc

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Produktbeschreibung

The Small Gulf States analyses the evolution of these states' foreign and security policies since the Arab Spring. Focusing on Oman, Qatar and the UAE, it explores how these states have been successful in guaranteeing their survival and also in increasing their influence. It then discusses the security dilemmas small states face and suggests foreign and security policy options, ranging from autonomy to influence, in order to deal with this. The book also looks at the influence of international actors on the policies of these states. It concludes by discussing the peculiarities and contributions of the Gulf States for the study of small states' foreign and security policies in general.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317214359
• Artikelnr.: 47386927

Autorenporträt

Khalid Almezaini is Lecturer at Qatar University and a Visiting Research Fellow at LSE. Prior to joining Qatar University, Almezaini taught Middle East Politics at the universities of Exeter, Edinburgh and Cambridge. His research interests range from international relations, Middle East politics and security to foreign aid and political economy. Jean-Marc Rickli is Lecturer at the Department of Defence Studies of King's College London and at the Qatar Joint Command and Staff College in Doha. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. His previous appointment includes Assistant Professor at the Institute for International and Civil Security at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - Khalid Almezaini and Jean-Marc Rickli

1. Theories of Small States' Foreign and Security Policies and the Gulf States

2. The Changing Security Dynamics in the Middle East and its Impact on Smaller GCC States' Alliance Choices And Policies

3. Gulf Security Policy after the Arab Spring: Considering Changing Security Dynamics

4. The United States and its Key Gulf Allies: A New Foundation for a Troubled Partnership?

5. Iran and the GCC Sheikhdoms

6. Oman's Independent Foreign Policy

7. Evolving Foreign and Security Policies: A Comparative Study of Qatar and the UAE

8. Risk Diversification and the UAE Foreign Policy

9. Gulf States' Engagement in North Africa: The Role of Foreign Aid

Conclusion - The Foreign Policies of the Gulf Small States: An Exception in Small States' Behaviours?

Rezensionen

This edited collection on the smaller Gulf Cooperation Council countries' international relations shows that small is not a barrier to ambition or performance. Indeed, smallness - for all the images of vulnerability that it conjures up is also an asset when it comes to policy nimbleness. Furthermore, the authors in this volume also show that smallness rarely inhibits policy choices. The cases of Oman, Qatar and the UAE on which the collection focuses illustrate fully the flexibility that comes with small size. But the authors also draw attention to the barriers that a small state cannot, by itself at least overcome. Theoretically rich, the editors chart a new ways in which we can analyse the conduct of small states in the international arena. Anoush Ehteshami, Professor of International Relations and Director of the HH Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah Programme at Durham University.