From Alliance to Union: Challenges Facing Gulf Cooperation Council States in the Twenty-First Century

by Joseph Kechechian and Joseph A. Kechichian

After the conservative Arab Gulf Monarchies - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) - joined forces on 25 May 1981 within the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC), few fathomed that security requirements on and around the Arabian Peninsula would be so precarious and for so long. To answer their search for permanent stability, Arab Gulf rulers erected a regional alliance that sought to integrate internal and regional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845198026
• ISBN13: 9781845198022
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.8" x 9.8"