Ebook: Desert kingdoms to global powers: the rise of the Arab Gulf
Author: Miller Rory
- Tags: Außenpolitik, Diplomatic relations, Economic history, Innenpolitik, Politics and government, Politischer Wandel, Sozioökonomischer Wandel, Wirtschaftspolitik, History, Arabian Peninsula -- History -- 20th century, Arabian Peninsula -- History -- 21st century, Arabian Peninsula -- Politics and government -- 20th century, Arabian Peninsula -- Politics and government -- 21st century, Persian Gulf Region -- Economic conditions, Persian Gulf Region -- Foreign relations, Persian Gulf Region -- Politics and governmen
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- City: Arabian Peninsula;Golfstaaten;Middle East;Persian Gulf Region
- Language: English
- epub
A lively analysis of the Arab Gulf states' stunning rise to global power over the last half-century and of the daunting challenges they confront today
Once just sleepy desert sheikdoms, the Arab Gulf states of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait now exert unprecedented influence on international affairs—the result of their almost unimaginable riches in oil and gas. In this book, Rory Miller, an expert in Gulf politics and international affairs, provides an accessible account of the achievements of these countries since the 1973 global oil crisis. He also investigates how the shrewd Arab Gulf rulers who have overcome crisis after crisis meet the external and internal challenges of the onrushing future.
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