The Gulf States in International Political Economy [Hardcover]

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen documents the startling rise of the Arab Gulf States as regional powers with international reach and provides a definitive account of how they have become embedded in the global system of power, politics, and policy-making.

This informed and informative book can be placed squarely at the intersection of the scholarship on international political economy and Gulf studies. This fact alone makes it a notable contribution to the burgeoning literature on the Gulf region. It also makes it a necessary one. (Rory Miller, Journal of Arabian Studies, Vol. 7 (02), September, 2018)

The Gulf States in International Political Economy by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen is a welcome addition to scholarship on the growing economic and political power of the six states of the Gulf Cooperation Council: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. & Ulrichsens treatment of the Gulf states is thorough and well-informed. This book will be an important reference for scholars and policymakers interested in GCC politics, finance and international relations. (Dr. Karen E. Young, global Policy, globalpolicyjournal.com, June, 2016)

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen is a Research Fellow at Rice University's Baker Institute of Public Policy and an Associate Fellow at Chatham House, United States of America. Previous books include Insecure Gulf: The End of Certainty and the Transition to the Post-Oil Era (2011) and Qatar and the Arab Spring (2014).

This book is a thoughtful masterpiece that facilitates holistic understandings of the history, politics, economy and society of the Gulf. It offers insightful analyses of the Gulf by situating it within regional, inter-regional and international systems. It is certainly a must-read book for specialists and students of the Gulf. - Namie Tsujigami, University of Tokyo, Japan

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