The GCC and the international relations of the gulf : diplomacy, security and economic coordination in a changing Middle East / by Matteo Legrenzi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Legrenzi, Matteo, author.

Series:

Library of international relations (Series) ; 44.

Library of international relations ; 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gulf Cooperation Council.

Arab cooperation.

Persian Gulf States--Economic integration.

Persian Gulf States.

Persian Gulf States--Foreign relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The GCC, made up of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the UAE, is one of the most resilient sub-regional organizations in the world, and the most successful in the one in the Arab world. It has been the forum through which much internal security co-operation in this volatile sub-region has taken place, as well as the main representative for the UAE's territorial dispute with Iran over the Aub Musa and Tunbs Islands. It also has significant potential to present an alternative form of leverage over the international oil markets. Very little is known however about how the organization really works: how decisions are actually taken, as opposed to how this process is formally constituted in its charters, and what the GCC's real impact on member states, the Gulf and international relations is. Drawing on cutting-edge IR theoretical perspectives as well as unique first-hand access to GCC decision-makers, Matteo Legrenzi explains the mechanisms of Gulf cooperation - and its limitations - in the context of economic globalisation, diplomatic regionalisation and the rise of Iran. Combining historical context, primary source investigations and theoretical analysis, it is the first comprehensive guide to the GCC and an indispensable resource for anyone concerned with the Gulf and the Middle East."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Chapter 1: The Creation of the United Arab Emirates and the First Integration Experiments of the Arab states of the Gulf

Chapter 2: Creation, Structure and Organization of the Gulf Cooperation Council

Chapter 3: The Gulf Cooperation Council in Light of International Relations Theory

Chapter 4: GCC Economic Integration: Disappointing Regionalism and Encouraging Regionalisation

Chapter 5: GCC Defense Cooperation: Beyond Symbolism?

Chapter 6: GCC Diplomatic Coordination: The Limited Role of Institutions

Chapter 7: The GCC, Iran and Nuclear Proliferation in the Gulf

Chapter 8: The GCC, NATO and the Gulf Security Complex

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613380555

9780755609086

0755609085

9781283380553

1283380552

9780857720245

0857720244

OCLC:

772844791