Bibliograph

Insecure Gulf, the end of certainty and the transition to the post-oil era, Kristian Ulrichsen

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Insecure Gulf, the end of certainty and the transition to the post-oil era, Kristian Ulrichsen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Insecure Gulf

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

906205301

Responsibility statement

Kristian Ulrichsen

Series statement

Power and politics in the gulf

Sub title

the end of certainty and the transition to the post-oil era

Summary

Insecure Gulf examines how the concept of Arabian/Persian Gulf 'security' is evolving in response to new challenges that are increasingly non-military and longer-term. Food, water and energy security, managing and mitigating the impact of environmental degradation and climate change, addressing demographic pressures and the youth bulge and reformulating structural economic deficiencies, in addition to dealing with the fallout from progressive state failure in Yemen, require a broad, global and multi-dimensional approach to Gulf security. While 'traditional' threats from Iraq, Iran, nuclear proliferation and trans-national terrorism remain robust, these new challenges to Gulf security have the potential to strike at the heart of the social contract and redistributive mechanisms that bind state and society in the Arab oil monarchies. Consequently, Insecure Gulf explores the relationship between 'traditional' and 'new' security challenges and situates it within the changing political economy of the GCC states as they move at varying speeds toward post-oil structures of governance. It describes how regimes are anticipating and reacting to the shifting security paradigm, and contextualises these changes within the broader political, economic, social and demographic framework. It also argues that a holistic approach to security is necessary for regimes to renew their sources of legitimacy in a globalising world.--, Provided by Publisher

Table Of Contents

History of Gulf security structures, 1903-2003 -- Security as discourse : Iraq, Iran and trans-national extremism -- Contextual parameters and future trends -- Demographic and structural imbalances in Gulf economies -- The political economy of resource insecurity -- Climate security and environmental challenges -- Yemen's contested transition -- Conclusion : a new approach to security

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