Mason Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

Foreign policy and strategic alliances in an uncertain world
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-5261-4850-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten

Reihe: Identities and Geopolitics in the Middle East

A timely examination of how Saudi Arabia and the UAE punch above their weight in international affairs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mason, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1 A theoretical and conceptual framework
2 Politics in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: state formation, political consolidation and reform
3 Politics in the United Arab Emirates: state consolidation, security and ambition
4 Iran: a supreme ontological threat
5 The Middle East: counter-revolutionaries united?
6 United States: partisan politics, carte blanche and policy variation
7 China's Belt and Road Initiative: bilateralism versus alliances
8 Relations with Europe: conditionality and unity
9 Russia: arms, energy and ideology
10 The Horn of Africa: security on the western flank
11 India and Pakistan: shifting tides of interaction and dependency
12 Japan and the Republic of Korea: institutionalizing ties amid strategic uncertainty
13 Indonesia and Malaysia: trans-nationalism and Islamic leadership
Conclusion
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Mason is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington