Energy Kingdoms: Oil and Political Survival in the Persian Gulf

Jim Krane takes readers inside the monarchies to consider the conundrum facing the Gulf states. He traces the history of their energy use and polic...

For more than a century, oil has been the engine of growth for a society that delivers an unprecedented standard of living to many. We now take for...

The Gulf Arab states became rich by accident. Their golden ticket to modernity was oil, which has become the lifeblood of their social and economic...

This is the first comprehensive analysis of the Middle Eastern political economy in response to the oil price decline in 2014. The introduction and...

Essays on the six monarchies of the Gulf: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and UAE.

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DescriptionSince China announced the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, the Gulf States have regarded it as a means for diversifying their nat...

Gregory Gause's masterful book is the first to offer a comprehensive account of the international politics in the Persian Gulf across nearly four d...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Gulf War, then keep reading...The late 1980s and early 1990s were times of significant chang...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Gulf War, then keep reading...The late 1980s and early 1990s were times of significant chang...

Oil and Sovereignty explores the national and international strategies formulated to deal with the first oil crises in 1973-1974, as steadily incre...

Reducere. Oil is one of the world's most important commodities, but few people know how its extraction affects the residents of petroleum-producing regions. ...

Does oil wealth lead to political poverty? It often looks that way, but Carbon Democracy tells a more complex story. In this magisterial study, Tim...

"Battlefield Forensics for Persian Gulf States provides an illustrative reference of various weapons, toolmarks, headstamps, and other traits in or...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Nazanin MirsadeghiThis workbook is designed for use by non-native learners of the Persian language. It is intended for begi...

Energy producing countries are experiencing severe pressures that present their policy-makers with fundamental challenges. The expert international...

Reducere. Conventional wisdom holds that the theology and social ethics of the Reformed tradition stand at odds with concepts of natural law and the two king...

For the first time ever, this book offers a much-needed comprehensive and introductory overview of the tumultuous era of the Crusades.Publisher: Pe...

Reducere. Sufis and Their Opponents in the Persianate World features a diversity of themes and a multidisciplinary variety of approaches and covers a large h...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Africa may have given ri...

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DescriptionIn this insightful study of Iranian cultural history and national identity, the late Shahrokh Meskoob, one of Iran's leading intellectua...

This book shows how the energy in crude oil is used to make a fast food snack. It explains how crude oil was formed, how it is obtained and how it ...

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Publisher: MIT Press LtdIllustration(s): 46 figures, 45 tables; 91 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 296Collection: CESifo Seminar SeriesP...

Reducere. For a world mired in catastrophe, nothing could be more urgent than the question of survival. In this theoretically and methodologically groundbrea...

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Reducere. From the author of the best-seller Alzheimer's Disease; What if There Was a Cure?, Mary T. Newport, M.D., now presents this guide of how to integra...

Dominant theories of democratisation do not explain why some democracies survive and others fail. Focusing on Indonesia's and Russia's experience o...

Have you always felt "different?" Do you sometimes struggle to "fit in?" Do you crave solitude? If so, then keep reading.... I am assuming you eith...