Foreign Policies of the Gulf Cooperation Council

Foreign Policies of the Gulf Cooperation Council Geopolitics and Global Order in the Twenty-First Century

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Foreign Policies of the Gulf Cooperation Council Geopolitics and Global Order in the Twenty-First Century

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Foreign Policies of the Gulf Cooperation Council

Geopolitics and Global Order in the Twenty-First Century

Adel Abdel Ghafar | Courtney Freer | Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

Political Science / Geopolitics

What are the key drivers of GCC foreign policies in the twenty-first century? Previous studies have traced the foreign policies of individual Gulf states - specifically Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. This is the first volume to cover all six states and to take account of both regional and global challenges that shape how foreign policies are made. These include major changes and events such as the Arab Spring, the GCC Crisis, US-China rivalry, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the War on Gaza. The different country experts explain here how the states differ from each other in their foreign policies and how each state interacts with regional powers, such as Iran, Israel and Turkey, and global powers, such as the United States, China and the European Union. The book also benefits from a multidisciplinary perspective, comprising the leading scholars in international relations, political science, economics, conflict resolution and security studies. A comprehensive account, this is the go-to resource for professors, policymakers and students wanting to understand the drivers of GCC foreign policies.

Adel Abdel Ghafar is Senior Resident Fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Australia. His books include The Gulf Cooperation Council at Forty: Risk and Opportunity in a Changing World (2022), The European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council: Towards a New Path (2021), China and North Africa: Between Economics, Politics and Security (2021) among others.


Courtney Freer is Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Emory University, US. Her books include The Resilience of Parliamentary Politics in Kuwait: Rentierism, Ideology, and Mobilization (2023), Tribalism and Political Power in the Gulf: State-Building and National Identity in Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE (with Alanoud Alsharekh, 2021) and Rentier Islamism: The Influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in Gulf Monarchies (2018).

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen is a fellow for the Middle East at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, US. His books include Qatar and the Gulf Crisis (2020), The Gulf States in International Political Economy (2015) and Insecure Gulf: The End of Certainty and the Transition to the Post-Oil Era (2011).


Publication Date: 26 November 2026
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-13: 9780755657049
Format: Hardback
Page Count: 344
Weight (oz): 16.0

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