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050 4 $aDS63.18$b.K38 2013
100 1 $aEl-Katiri, Mohammed,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe future of the Arab Gulf monarchies in the age of uncertainties /$cMohammed El-Katiri.
300 $avii, 38 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $a"June 2013."
530 $aAlso available online in PDF format from Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) web site.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 33-38).
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Precarious stability at home. Increasing calls for democratization -- But the story is still unfinished -- Fear of the rise of political Islam -- Sectarian frictions -- Succession issues -- External threats to GCC stability. A dangerous neighbor : mounting tensions with Iran -- The Iranian threat : nuclear issues and blockade -- Iran : GCC policy -- GCC stability : implications for the United States -- Policy implications and recommendations -- Conclusion.
520 $aSeismic cultural and political shifts are under way in the Arab Gulf monarchies. The political upheavals and transitions that have swept through the Arab world over the last 2 years have not toppled the Arab Gulf rulers, but did not leave them untouched, either. Rulers of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states face heightened internal and external challenges and uncertainties. Pro-democracy protests and calls are extending from Bahrain to other oil-rich countries of the Arabian Peninsula. The expectations of GCC citizens, particularly the educated youth, are increasingly moving from socio-economic demands to political ones. They are now not only asking for jobs or wage increases, but also for more political participation and accountability. Chief among internal challenges is the resurgence in several GCC countries, particularly Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, of a decades-long sectarian rift between the Sunni regimes and their Shia subjects. The Gulf regimes' already tense relations with Iran have worsened on the basis of alleged Iranian interference inflaming sectarian tensions in Bahrain and across the broader region.
610 20 $aGulf Cooperation Council.
650 0 $aMonarchy$zArab countries.
650 0 $aPolitical stability$zArab countries.
651 0 $aArab countries$xPolitics and government$y21st century.
651 0 $aArab countries$xForeign relations$zIran.
651 0 $aIran$xForeign relations$zArab countries.
710 2 $aArmy War College (U.S.).$bStrategic Studies Institute,$epublisher.
710 2 $aArmy War College (U.S.).$bPress,$epublisher.
856 41 $uhttp://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/download.cfm?q=1158
852 00 $bleh$hDS63.18$i.K38 2013g