Middle Eastern Monarchies

Author : Anna Sunik
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000164541

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Middle Eastern Monarchies by Anna Sunik Pdf

The monograph explores the dynamics of ingroup identity in the foreign policy-making of Middle Eastern monarchies from the evolution of the regional system after the World Wars until the present. Utilising an innovative theoretical framework that combines Foreign Policy Analysis in the context of authoritarian regimes and Social Identity Theory, the book theorizes the origins and inner workings of a "monarchic peace" among hereditary regimes in the Middle East, including the Gulf monarchies as well as Jordan and Morocco. While the phenomenon of the "democratic peace" is well established in political science, this book argues that like the examined "monarchic peace", it is, in fact, a sub-case of a broader Similar Political Systems Peace (SPSP). The theory posits that monarchies do not wage war against each other because they recognize each other as members of the same "ingroup" which allows for other mechanisms of conflict resolution – behaviour that is allowed against outsiders might be prohibited against members of the same club or "family". The theory is illustrated with numerous case studies that look at overall regional dynamics as well as four crucial cases of monarchic interstate conflict: Bahraini-Qatari relations, the Saudi-Hashemite rivalry, and the relations between Kuwait and Iraq and Iran and the UAE. This in-depth account of the foreign policies and community, connecting Middle Eastern monarchies will be of interest to readers in international relations, authoritarianism studies, Middle East and Persian Gulf politics.

Author : Michael Herb
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438406527

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All in the Family by Michael Herb Pdf

Michael Herb proposes a new paradigm for understanding politics in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. He critiques the theory of the rentier state and argues that we must put political institutions—and specifically monarchism—at the center of any explanation of Gulf politics. All in the Family provides a compelling and fresh analysis of the importance of monarchism in the region, and points out the crucial role of the ruling families in creating monarchal regimes. It addresses the issue of democratization in the Middle Eastern monarchies, arguing that the prospects for the gradual emergence of constitutional monarchy are better than is often thought.

Author : Joseph Kostiner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Monarchy
ISBN : 1588264300

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Middle East Monarchies by Joseph Kostiner Pdf

Author : Joseph Kostiner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1626373930

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Middle East Monarchies by Joseph Kostiner Pdf

Author : Philip Shukry Khoury,Joseph Kostiner
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 0520070801

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Tribes and State Formation in the Middle East by Philip Shukry Khoury,Joseph Kostiner Pdf

Offering a fuller understanding of the complexities and particular patterns of state formation in regions where tribes have exercised a significant influence, this volume focuses on the continuing existence of tribal structures and systems in contemporary times, within contemporary nation-states. The contributors offer hypotheses as to why these groups have managed to survive and what impact they have had on modern states ... --backcover.

Author : Adam Hanieh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108429146

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Money, Markets, and Monarchies by Adam Hanieh Pdf

An original and empirically grounded analysis of the Gulf monarchies and their role in shaping the political economy of the Middle East.

Author : Anoushiravan Ehteshami,Steven M. Wright
Publisher : Ithaca Press (GB)
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015074250864

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Reform in the Middle East Oil Monarchies by Anoushiravan Ehteshami,Steven M. Wright Pdf

The oil rich monarchies of the Arabian Peninsula are frequently dismissed as having no democratic systems compared to most other regions of the world. Indeed, the United States justified its action in Iraq by proclaiming that democracy and freedom must be adopted both in Iraq and throughout the wider Middle East, in order to counter the conditions which breed international terrorism. It has been argued that the countries of the Arabian Peninsula need to provide a system of democratic representation that fully takes into account their own history and culture. This raises many questions. Can their firmly established tradition of rule provide the basis for the evolution of an Arab form of constitutional monarchy? Should the West be seeking to encourage national indigenous evolution rather than working to impose Western systems? What are the risks of change and what has been achieved so far? This book addresses these issues and examines the drivers, progress, and challenges for future change in this vitally strategic area of the world.

Author : Joseph Kostiner
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Pub
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1555878628

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Middle East Monarchies by Joseph Kostiner Pdf

A discussion of the fundamentals and performance of monarchies in the Middle East. The authors focus on four themes: the roots and characteristics of Middle East monarchies; the causes of collapse or longevity; the performance of present-day monarchies; and the problems they face.

Author : Christopher Davidson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190244507

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After the Sheikhs by Christopher Davidson Pdf

The Gulf monarchies (Saudi Arabia and its five smaller neighbours: the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain) have long been governed by highly autocratic and seemingly anachronistic regimes. Yet despite bloody conflicts on their doorsteps, fast-growing populations, and powerful modernising and globalising forces impacting on their largely conservative societies, they have demonstrated remarkable resilience. Obituaries for these traditional monarchies have frequently been penned, but even now these absolutist, almost medieval, entities still appear to pose the same conundrum as before: in the wake of the 2011 Arab Spring and the fall of incumbent presidents in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya, the apparently steadfast Gulf monarchies have, at first glance, re-affirmed their status as the Middle East s only real bastions of stability. In this book, however, noted Gulf expert Christopher Davidson contends that the collapse of these kings, emirs, and sultans is going to happen, and was always going to. While the revolutionary movements in North Africa, Syria, and Yemen will undeniably serve as important, if indirect, catalysts for the coming upheaval, many of the same socio-economic pressures that were building up in the Arab republics are now also very much present in the Gulf monarchies. It is now no longer a matter of if but when the West s steadfast allies fall. This is a bold claim to make but Davidson, who accurately forecast the economic turmoil that afflicted Dubai in 2009, has an enviable record in diagnosing social and political changes afoot in the region.

Author : F. Gregory Gause
Publisher : Council on Foreign Relations
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0876091516

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Oil Monarchies by F. Gregory Gause Pdf

This timely book demystifies the politics of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Oman, and focuses on the new pressures that have emerged since the Gulf War. Gause illuminates the foreign policy tightrope these states walk in the Middle East: self-defense is problematic, regional pressures translate directly into the domestic arena, and relations with the United States cause as well as solve many problems. Gause examines the interplay of Islamic fundamentalism, tribalism, and, most importantly, oil wealth that has determined the power structure of the Gulf monarchies. He shows what influences really drive politics in the Middle East as well as how U.S. foreign policy must respond to them in order to forge more meaningful ties with each country and preserve the stability of a fragile region that is vital to U.S. interests.

Author : J. Kechichian
Publisher : Springer
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2001-08-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780312299620

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Succession In Saudi Arabia by J. Kechichian Pdf

The stability of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia remains critical to Western security and economic interests. This crucial study focuses on generation change and identifies individuals with greatest leadership potential; examines their political, social, and religious views.

Author : Shibley Telhami,Michael N. Barnett
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Group identity
ISBN : 0801487455

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Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East by Shibley Telhami,Michael N. Barnett Pdf

Shibley Telhami and Michael Barnett, together with experts on Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, and Syria, explore how the formation and transformation of national and state identities affect the foreign policy behavior of Middle Eastern states.

Author : Joseph Kostiner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1993-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195360707

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The Making of Saudi Arabia, 1916-1936 by Joseph Kostiner Pdf

The Making of Saudi Arabia focuses on the transformation of the Saudi state from a loose tribal confederation into a more organized, monarchical state, a process which evolved mainly between 1916 and 1936. The study analyzes the formation and evolution of Saudi Arabia's main state attributes: its territorial hub and borders, central government, and basic social and regional cohesion. Relying on a careful analysis of vast archival and other sources, Joseph Kostiner explains the historical dynamics of the myriad of relations among tribal groups, rulers, and British authorities in the Arabian Peninsula, and the changing nature of local political and social institutions. Contributing both to historical knowledge of the Middle East and to comparative analysis on tribes and states, this book offers new information and understanding of Saudi Arabia, one of the most important states in the Middle East. The strategies and dynamics of Saudi territorial expansion; the subsequent attempts to integrate new regions into a united kingdom; the institutionalization of Islamic and lay ruling bodies; the coexistence among nomadic and town-based populations, and the development of the Saudi "elite" are analyzed.

Author : Clive Jones,Yoel Guzansky
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197530924

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Fraternal Enemies by Clive Jones,Yoel Guzansky Pdf

Relations between Israel and the Gulf states are not anything new. In the immediate aftermath of the 1993 Oslo Accords, both Qatar and Oman established low-level yet open diplomatic ties with Israel. In 2010, Ha'aretz reported that the former Israeli foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, was on friendly terms with Shaykh Abdullah Ibn Zayed, her counterpart from the UAE, despite the absence of formal diplomatic ties between the two states. The shared suspicion towards the regional designs of Iran that undoubtedly underpinned these ties even extended, it was alleged, to a secret dialogue between Israel and Saudi Arabia, led by the late Meir Dagan, the former head of Mossad. Cooperation between Israel and Saudi Arabia in thwarting Iran's regional ambitions also casts light on Washington's lack of strategic leadership, which had previously been the totem around which Israel and the Gulf states had based regional security strategies. Jones and Guzansky contend that, at the very least, ties between Israel and many of its Gulf counterparts are now more vibrant than hitherto realized. They constitute a tacit security regime which, while based on hard power interests, does not preclude competition in other areas. Ultimately, these relations are helping shape a new regional order in the Middle East.

Author : Christopher Davidson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0199327629

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Power and Politics in the Persian Gulf Monarchies by Christopher Davidson Pdf

In command of the world's largest hydrocarbon reserves and occupying a central role in both Middle Eastern and global politics, the six traditional monarchies--Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)--that comprise the Gulf Cooperation Council are now among the most heavily researched yet most commonly misunderstood actors in the international system. Christopher Davidson, an acclaimed expert on the fast moving politics and economics of the Gulf, together with five other leading authorities on the region, has brought together a unique collection of comprehensive yet highly accessible analyses of these six states. Following a succinct theoretical overview of the various achievements, opportunities, and collective challenges faced by the monarchies, each chapter discusses their individual historical backgrounds, political structures, economic diversification efforts, and future prospects. Drawing on the latest research in the field, the most up-to-date statistics, and written in a frank and critical manner, this textbook is a valuable addition to university reading lists on Middle Eastern studies or political science, while also appealing to the general interest reader.