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From Alliance to Union - 9781845198039
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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Book Title
- From Alliance to Union
- ISBN
- 9781845198039
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Subject Area
- Country
- Publication Name
- From Alliance to Union: Challenges Facing Gulf Cooperation Council States in the Twenty-First Century
- Item Height
- 246 mm
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Item Weight
- 642 g
- Item Width
- 171 mm
- Number of Pages
- 380 Pages
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After the conservative Arab Gulf Monarchies - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) - joined forces on 25 May 1981 within the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC), few fathomed that security requirements on and around the Arabian Peninsula would be so precarious and for so long. To answer their search for permanent stability, Arab Gulf rulers erected a regional alliance that sought to integrate internal and regional defences, as well as strengthen their existing socio-economic ties. Several of the monarchies even hoped that co-ordination on foreign policy issues over which near unanimity existed could, eventually, lead to a full-fledged union as envisaged in the organisation's founding charter. Between 1981 and 2015 these Arab Gulf monarchies experienced major socio-political transformations resulting from upheavals throughout the Arab and Muslim worlds. The perceived necessity to bring about a full-fledged union has come into conflict with entrenched viewpoints from regimes that value traditional military/political roles and norms. In this new study, Joseph A Kechichian provides an evaluation of GCC States' military institutions to better evaluate whether a stable alliance is capable of enduring over the next few decades, and how civilian leaders perceive the role and influence of their military officers for the task. Kechichian raises fundamental questions over internal, regional and international threats, including an existential challenge emanating from the Islamic revolutionary government of Iran, and assesses how GCC professionals may be pre-paring to tackle them. He further elucidates on the best methods to meet security challenges not only to secure political survival but also to determine whether conservative Arab Gulf regimes can flourish outside an effective alliance. The volume concludes with an examination of evolving civil-military relations in the GCC States.
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Sussex Academic Press
ISBN-13
9781845198039
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Number of Pages
380 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
From Alliance to Union: Challenges Facing Gulf Cooperation Council States in the Twenty-First Century
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Country
Format
Paperback
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Item Height
246 mm
Item Weight
642 g
Item Width
171 mm
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United Kingdom
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