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This book examines how the rulers in the Persian Gulf responded to
the British announcement of military withdrawal from the Gulf in
1968, ending 150 years of military supremacy in the region. The
British system in the Gulf was accepted for more than a century not
merely because the British were the dominant military power in the
region. The balance of power mattered, but so did the framework
within which the British exercised their power. The search for a
new political framework, which began when the British announced
withdrawal, was not simply a matter of which ruler would amass
enough military power to fill the void left by the British: it was
also a matter of the Gulf rulers - chiefly Iran, Saudi Arabia, and
the ruling shaykhs of the lower Gulf - coming to a shared
understanding of when and how the exercise of power would be viewed
as legitimate. This book explores what shaped the rulers' ideas and
actions in the region as the British system came to an end,
providing a much-needed political history of the region in the
lead-up to the independence of the UAE, Bahrain, and Qatar in 1971.
This book examines how the rulers in the Persian Gulf responded to
the British announcement of military withdrawal from the Gulf in
1968, ending 150 years of military supremacy in the region. The
British system in the Gulf was accepted for more than a century not
merely because the British were the dominant military power in the
region. The balance of power mattered, but so did the framework
within which the British exercised their power. The search for a
new political framework, which began when the British announced
withdrawal, was not simply a matter of which ruler would amass
enough military power to fill the void left by the British: it was
also a matter of the Gulf rulers - chiefly Iran, Saudi Arabia, and
the ruling shaykhs of the lower Gulf - coming to a shared
understanding of when and how the exercise of power would be viewed
as legitimate. This book explores what shaped the rulers' ideas and
actions in the region as the British system came to an end,
providing a much-needed political history of the region in the
lead-up to the independence of the UAE, Bahrain, and Qatar in 1971.
The Middle East state system, which was largely an artificial
construct of the post-World War I international order, has faced
enormous challenges since Arab uprisings erupted in December 2010.
The collection of essays in this volume, based on a seminar held by
The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies in
the 2012-13 academic year, examines the state of the Middle East in
the aftermath of the uprisings and seeks to explain how the region
has slipped sideways since 2010 and what it might mean for the
existing framework of states. How are individual states coping with
these challenges? Are they succeeding? If not, what are the
potential consequences for the cohesion of the state, society, and
region? What kinds of broad patterns are emerging? How are these
transformations manifesting themselves? The essays presented in
this volume address these issues and more, and attempt to analyze
the meaning of the momentous change
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