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From Alliance to Union: Challenges Facing Gulf Cooperation Council States in the Twenty-First Century
Joseph A. Kéchichian
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 380 pages, tables & figs. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JPSN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 287 x 24. Weight in Grams: 804.
After the conservative Arab Gulf Monarchies - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) - joined forces on 25 May 1981 within the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC), few fathomed that security requirements on and around the Arabian Peninsula would be so precarious and for so long. To answer their search for permanent stability, Arab Gulf rulers erected a regional alliance that sought to integrate internal and regional defences, as well as strengthen their existing socio-economic ties. Several of the monarchies even hoped that co-ordination on foreign policy issues over which near unanimity existed could, eventually, ... Read more
After the conservative Arab Gulf Monarchies - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) - joined forces on 25 May 1981 within the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC), few fathomed that security requirements on and around the Arabian Peninsula would be so precarious and for so long. To answer their search for permanent stability, Arab Gulf rulers erected a regional alliance that sought to integrate internal and regional defences, as well as strengthen their existing socio-economic ties. Several of the monarchies even hoped that co-ordination on foreign policy issues over which near unanimity existed could, eventually, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
380
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845198022
SKU
V9781845198022
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99-50
About Joseph A. Kéchichian
Joseph A. Kéchichian is the author of several published books, including Succession in Saudi Arabia (2001), Faysal: Saudi Arabia’s King for All Seasons (2008), Power and Succession in Arab Monarchies, (2008), and Legal and Political Reforms in Saudi Arabia (2013). His most recent publications are Iffat al Thunayan: An Arabian Queen (2015), From Alliance to Union: Challenges Facing Gulf ... Read more
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