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The Role of the GCC Countries in Ending Piracy in the Horn of Africa
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Center for Research and Policy Studies
, 2016 , Article)
Piracy in the Horn of Africa has had a far-reaching security and economic impact both globally and regionally. The World Bank estimated that between 2008 and 2012, the global economy lost $18 billion annually due to Somali ...
IRAN 2016: FROM THE SAUDI EMBASSY ATTACK TO THE DEMISE OF RAFSANJANI
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Asia Maior
, 2016 , Article)
The year 2016 was an internal and external test for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. The February legislative elections represented strong support for his administration and the nuclear accord with the P5+1 group of ...
Iran and political dynamism in the arab world: The case of Yemen
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Wiley-Blackwell
, 2016 , Article)
This article examines the role of Iran in Yemen within the context of Arab-Iranian relations. It also examines the debate on the involvement of Iran in the ongoing political developments in Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria. The ...
Iran’s Permanent Quest for Regional Power Status
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Iran has been searching for regional power status in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, independent of regime type, since the 1970s. During the era of the last Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the first decade of the ...
LOS PAÍSES DEL CONSEJO DE COOPERACIÓN DEL GOLFO E IRAQ
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AWRAQ Estudios sobre el mundo árabe e islámico contemporáneo
, 2016 , Article)
Relations between Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) countries and Iraq have been determined by the role that Iraq has played, both during the era of Saddam Hussein and after his fall. Having ...
Iran’s Relations with the Arab States of the Gulf: Common Interests over Historic Rivalry
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Gerlan Press
, 2016 , Book)
Iran’s relations with its neighbours have never been smooth. During the monarchy, for example, while Iran cultivated close relations with Saudi Arabia it at the same time competed with Riyadh for control of the oil market ...
Culture, social contestation and Turkey's failed coup: The rivalry of social imaginaries
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SETA
, 2016 , Article)
This article explores the processes involved in the emergence of rival social imaginaries, as they develop in a cultural ecosystem, relating it to Turkey’s failed coup. To accomplish that, it unravels how people construct ...
The small Gulf States: Foreign and security policies before and after the Arab spring
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Taylor and Francis
, 2016 , Book)
Small states are often believed to have been resigned to the margins of international politics. However, the recent increase in the number of small states has increased their influence and forced the international community ...
The foreign policies of the small Gulf states: An exception in small states' behaviours?
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Taylor and Francis
, 2016 , Book chapter)
This chapter discusses the emergence of the small Gulf States as small powers in the region and concludes by assessing the sustainability of the small Gulf States' foreign and security policies. Iran is the second regional ...
Small states in the Gulf
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Taylor and Francis
, 2016 , Book chapter)
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book reviews the theories of foreign and security policy analysis and the way they could be applied to small ...