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Authors: Christopher Davidson
Tags: #Political Science, #American Government, #State, #General
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Yom Kippur War,
40
YouTube,
198
,
208
,
222
,
233
Al-Zaabi, tribe,
271
Al-Zaman, newspaper,
211
Zanzibar,
22
Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation,
84
Zayed Centre for Coordination and Follow-Up,
102
,
176
,
265
Zayed City, in Afghanistan,
84
Zayed Future Energy Prize,
77
Zayed University of Afghanistan,
84
Zeitoun, Muannad,
261
Zhejian province, of China,
108
Zinat Al-Bihar,
182
Zionism,
175
–
177
Zoroastrianism,
75
Zubarah,
19
–
20
Table of Contents
The revolutions that never came
Explaining monarchical survival
Further explanations
1. State Formation and Economic Development
Origins of the Gulf monarchies
Britain and the early order
Independence and state formation
Economic development trajectories
2. Explaining Survival—Domestic Matters
Distributing wealth
National elites
Co-opting expatriates
Cults of personality
Heritage and history
Co-opting religion
Environmental credentials
3. Explaining Survival—External Matters
Development assistance and international charity
Active neutrality: peacekeeping and mediation
Soft power in the West: strategic investments and development assistance
Soft power in the West: cultural institutions
Soft power in the West: financing universities and manipulating research
Soft power in the East: China and Japan
4. Mounting Internal Pressures
Resources, populations, and subsidies
Voluntary unemployment
Squandering wealth
Poverty and real unemployment
Discrimination, statelessness, and sectarianism
Censorship and limiting expression
5. Mounting External Pressures
Welcoming foreigners and eroding legitimacy
Western bases and armaments
Antagonising Iran
Israel: the unholy alliance
Division and disunity
Interference and coups d’état
Evolving opposition
Modernising forces
Countering the Arab Spring: the wrong side of history
Bahrain: rage and revolution
Oman: protests and promises
Saudi Arabia: the cracks appearing
Kuwait: ‘The People’s Spring’
United Arab Emirates: opposition emerges
Qatar: champion or charlatan?
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