Almezaini / Rickli The Gulf Small States

Foreign and Security Policies
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-21434-2
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 236 Seiten

This book examines the transformations of the GCC States’ foreign and security policies prior and after the Arab Spring. Chapters in this book make contributions at both the theoretical level: small states’ foreign and security policies theories; and at the empirical level: specific case studies on different aspects of the GCC states’ foreign and security policies after the Arab Spring.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Almezaini, Khalid S.

Almezaini, Khalid

Rickli, Jean-Marc

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Foreign and Security Policies of Small States: Theoretical analysis Jean-Marc Rickli and Khalid Almezaini

2. The Changing Security Dynamics in the Middle East and its Impact on Smaller GCC states’ Alliance Choices and Policies Victor Gervais

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

4. The Obama Years and Beyond: The United States’ Foreign Policy Shifts and the Gulf States’ Responses David Goldfischer

5. Oman Foreign Policy: skillful navigation through turbulent region Abdullah Baabood

6. Evolving Foreign and Security Policies: A comparative Study of Qatar and the UAE Emma Soubrier

7. Small States and Risk Diversification Strategies: A Decade of UAE Foreign Policy Leah Sherwood

8. Iran and the GCC Sheikhdoms Shahram Akhbarzadeh

9. GCC States Strategic Outreach in North Africa: The Role of Foreign Aid Lisa Watanabe

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Khalid Almezaini is a visiting research fellow at London School of Economics and Political Science and a lecturer at the University of Qatar.
Jean-Marc Rickli is assistant professor at the Department of Defence Studies of King’s College, London but based at the Joann Bin Jassim Joint Command and Staff College in Doha, Qatar.