Security and Defense Policies of the Arabian Gulf Countries : Options, Crisis Management, and Challenges.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keshk, Ashraf Mohammed.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crisis management.

Security, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford : Ethics International Press Limited, 2024.

Summary:

The book is an analysis of the security and defense policies of the Arabian Gulf countries, as small states with limited options. The author reviews in depth the historical experience of the Gulf states' management of crises, their implementation of security options, and the challenges facing security and defense policies. Themes and topics addressed include: Security policies and the Arab Gulf states' strategies to achieve self-security; defense options for the Arab Gulf countries; management of security crises; and Security Policy Challenges. It also identifies the most important challenges facing these policies now, namely localization of military manufacturing and the impact of military technology on defense policies in the Gulf countries. This book is an important reference source for universities and academic institutions concerned with security and defence issues in the Arabian Gulf states; think tanks, universities, and ministries in the Gulf countries; and Western think tanks interested in assessing security and defence policies in the Arabian Gulf countries.

Contents:

Intro

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Acknowledgment

About the Author

Foreword

Introduction

The security policies concept and the Arab Gulf states' strategies to achieve self-security

1. The concept of security, the dilemma and options of small states: A theoretical framework

2. Strategies of the Arab Gulf states to achieve self-security

Defense options for the Arab Gulf countries

1. Collective self-security for the Gulf countries

2. International security and defense partnerships

3. The Arab Gulf states: From "neutrality" policy to the "neighbors of the neighboring countries" policy

The Arabian Gulf countries' management of security crises

1. Small states and security crisis management: A theoretical approach

2. The Arabian Gulf states' management of the (1980-1988) Iraq-Iran war crisis

3. The GCCs management of the crisis of Kuwait invasion and liberation (1990-1991)

4. The Arab Gulf states' management of the Yemeni crisis.

The Arab Gulf states' defense and security policies challenges

1. Challenges of military industrialization in the Arab Gulf states

2. The military technology challenge in the Arab Gulf states

3. The Gulf-US security partnerships: Opportunities and challenges

4. A look into the future

Conclusions

References

Previous Publications of the author

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781804417928

1804417920

OCLC:

1464239934