The contrast between Kuwait and the UAE today illustrates the vastly different possible
futures facing the smaller states of the Gulf. Dubai's rulers dream of creating a truly global …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 International Political Economy Series Series Editor: Timothy M. Shaw,
Visiting Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA and Emeritus Professor …

“Invaluable to anyone wanting a fuller understanding of the economic, political, and religious
tensions within Bahrain.”—The Sociological Imagination The oil-producing states of the Arab …

With the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, the Sunni-Shiite divide came back to the fore in
regional politics. In this context, sectarian identities have now acquired a security dimension …

The'Arab Spring'has come to symbolise defeated hopes for democracy and social justice in
the Middle East. In this book, Jamie Allinson demonstrates how these defeats were far from …

Since protests shook Bahrain in 2011, the Saudi-backed regime there has embarked on a
series of strategic moves, crushing dissent both at home and abroad. This article explores …

Ethno-religious tolerance is crucial for establishing sustainable democracy, which is scarce
in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This study provides an empirically grounded …

This paper examines the learning of authoritarian regimes in the early phase of the Arab
uprisings. Differentiating conceptually between learning and policy change, we analyze and …

Armies of Arabia is the first comprehensive analysis of the Gulf monarchies' armed forces,
including their political, social, and economic characteristics, foreign relations, and …

This book studies how smaller Gulf states managed to increase their influence in the Middle
East, oftentimes capitalising on their smallness as a foreign policy tool. By establishing a …