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China and the gulf cooperation council countries
This book examines China's relations with member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council.It highlights the depth of China's ties with the region bilaterally and multilaterally on a five-dimensional approach: political relations, trade relations, energy security, security cooperation, and cultural relations.
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Qatar and the World: Branding for a Micro-State
There are two factors that have shaped Qatar's integration and place in the international system. The first revolves around the constraints and problems of small states while the second is Qatar's response - a strategy of branding the state for survival. This article discusses
Qatar's situation as a micro-state and analyzes the nature and success of its response.
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Is the University Universal? Mobile (Re)Constitutions of American Academia in the Gulf Arab States
Through ethnographic examples of students' engagement with American universities in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, I argue that branch campuses have a particularly important relationship with emerging forms of racial consciousness, identity, and politicization among students, both citizen and foreign resident. This entry point is one that deliberately foregrounds the parochialism of an American perspective on the future of the academy as part of a broader project of postcolonial and transnational engagement with this new knowledge economy.
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Qatar's Relations with Israel: Challenging Arab and Gulf Norms
This article focuses on the development of Qatar's unique relationship with Israel, and explains the relationship as just one component of the Emirate's intricate and bold foreign policy. This discussion identifies both the logic behind Qatar's regional policy initiatives as well as
the Emirate's ability to adapt to changing regional and international circumstances. As such, this article provides an example of how a small, wealthy state like Qatar can skillfully generate a sophisticated, independent foreign policy agenda that differentiates itself from its larger and
influential neighbors, while simultaneously upgrading its international profile and gaining regional prominence.
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The arms trade, military services and the security market in the Gulf states
The Gulf is in the first rank of potential global flashpoints. It is the largest market for weapons imports in the world, and is considered to be a vital interest of all the great powers. Iran is viewed as an expansionist threat by the Arab states of the Gulf, who have built considerable militaries in a historically short timeframe. _x000B_ Security in the Gulf, however, is a complicated matter. The Arab states of the Gulf have pursued different defense policies as well as different ways of building up their forces. In some instances, the establishment of a strong military is not just.
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Qatar
The Persian Gulf state of Qatar has fewer than 2 million inhabitants, virtually no potable water, and has been an independent nation only since 1971. Yet its enormous oil and gas wealth has permitted the ruling al Thani family to exert a disproportionately large influence on regional and even international politics. Kamrava presents Qatar as an experimental country, building a new society while exerting what he calls 'subtle power'. This edition includes a new preface in which Kamrava addresses recent developments including the 2013 abdication of the former emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and the ongoing debate about whether FIFA will hold the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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Balancing Acts: The Gulf States and Israel
Rosman-Stollman discusses Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE. In the wake of the second Gulf War and Iraq's aggressiveness, these weak states realized the could not maintain proper security frameworks on their own and needed to turn to an outside ally for better protection.
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