Repositioning the GCC States in the Changing Global Order

Journal of Arabian Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-247

  Coates Ulrichsen, Kristian ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabian Peninsula; GCC; global governance; globalisation; Gulf; international relations; political economy; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; security; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879106396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21534780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21534764.2011.630894     Document Type: Article

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