Divided Gulf

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction

   • Andreas Krieg

   Pages 1-18

3. Perceptions and Divisions in Security and Defense Structures in Arab Gulf States

   • Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

   Pages 19-36

4. Tribe and Tribalism: The Trojan Horse of GCC States?

   • Maryam Al-Kuwari

   Pages 37-51

5. Bitter Brethren: Freud’s Narcissism of Minor Differences and the Gulf Divide

   • Mohammed Hashem Al-Hashemi

   Pages 53-69

6. The UAE, Qatar, and the Question of Political Islam

   • Christopher M. Davidson

   Pages 71-90

7. The Weaponization of Narratives Amid the Gulf Crisis

   • Andreas Krieg

   Pages 91-108

8. The Saudi Dimension: Understanding the Kingdom’s Position in the Gulf Crisis

   • Neil Quilliam

   Pages 109-126

9. The “Trump Factor” in the Gulf Divide

   • Giorgio Cafiero

   Pages 127-144

10. The Political Economy of the Gulf Divide

    • Steven Wright

    Pages 145-159

11. The Future of the GCC Amid the Gulf Divide

    • Abdullah Baabood

    Pages 161-178

12. The Libyan Revolution Undone—The Conversation Will Not Be Televised

    • Anas El Gomati

    Pages 179-196

13. The Evolution of Turkey—Qatar Relations Amid a Growing Gulf Divide

    • Ali Bakir

    Pages 197-215

14. Iran and Qatar: A Forced Rapprochement

    • Sébastien Boussois

    Pages 217-232

15. Qatar’s Response to the Crisis: Public Diplomacy as a Means of Crisis Management

    • Hamad Al-Muftah

    Pages 233-250

16. Making Sense of Europe’s Response to the Gulf Crisis

    • Jeremias Kettner

    Pages 251-265

17. Conclusion

    • Andreas Krieg

    Pages 267-274

18. Back Matter

    Pages 275-281

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This book discusses the various critical dimensions of the Qatar Crisis as a development that has fundamentally reshaped the nature of regional integration for the near future. It represents the first academic attempt to challenge the commonly propagated binary view of this conflict. Further, the book explains the Gulf Crisis in the context of the transformation of the Gulf in the early 21st century, with new alliances and balances of power emerging. At the heart of the book lies the question of how the changing global and regional order facilitated or even fuelled the 2017 Crisis, which it argueswas only the most recent climax in an ongoing crisis in the Gulf, on that had been simmering since 2011 and is rooted in historical feuds that date back to the 1800s. While contextualizing the crisis historically, the book also seeks to look beyond historical events to identify underlying patterns of identity security in connection with state and nation building in the Gulf.

• Gulf Crisis
• Rentierism
• Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
• Saudi Arabia
• Iran
• United Arab Emirates
• Arab Spring
• Qatar
• Middle East security

• Defence Studies Department, King’s College London, London, UK

  Andreas Krieg

Andreas Krieg is an Assistant Professor of Defence Studies at King’s College London. He is currently seconded to the Royal College of Defence Studies in London, where he is employing his expertise in the professional education of leaders from the defenceand security sector, as well as the foreign policy field. From 2013 to 2017, he was based at King’s College in Qatar, providing professional military education to officers from Gulf Cooperation Council militaries. Dr Krieg’s research in the field of security and conflict studies particularly focuses on the Middle East as a region in transition. He has recently published a book with Palgrave titled ‘Socio-Political Order and Security in the Arab World’ and has a monograph forthcoming with Georgetown University Press titled ‘Surrogate Warfare’.

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