v ISBN：9780231205245
v ChineseTitle：海湾君主国的安全政治：变化中的连续性
v Title：Security Politics in the Gulf Monarchies
v Subtitle：Continuity Amid Change
v Author： David B. Roberts
v Publisher：Columbia University Press
v Lan：eng
v PubYear：2023.04
v Location：西亚非书库
DESCRIPTION
David B. Roberts offers a definitive guide to continuity and change in the Gulf region. He explores the forces challenging and bolstering the status quo in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates across the political, social, economic, military, and environmental dimensions of security.
CONTENTS
ix Acknowledgments
xi Abbreviations
Xiii Figures
1 INTRODUCTION
6 Literature and Approach
15 1.POLITICAL SECURITY
20 Founding and Developing
30 Consolidating and Modernizing
37 Reforming and Defending
45 Leadership and Change
69 2.SOCIETAL SECURITY
72 Migration and Influence
79 Islam and Tribalism
90 Globalization and Identity
102 3.ECONOMIC SECURITY
104 Rent and Subsidies
112 Diversification and Development
122 Visions, Megaprojects, and Gigaprojects
130 Knowledge Economies and Labor Market Reforms
138 4.MILITARY SECURITY
141 Emerging and Evolving
145 Modernization and Threat Proliferation
149 Protection Curses and Moral Hazards
163 5.ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY
165 Expansion and Natural Unsustainability
170 Ecosystems and Climate Change
174 Risk and Reality
187 CONCLUSION 187
199 Notes 199
253 Bibliography 253
293 Index 293
