Provides an account of the development of the Saudi state. This title details its historical and religious background, its oil rentier economy and its international role, showing how they interact to create the dynamics of this state. It is for those interested in Saudi and its role in Middle Eastern politics and on the international stage.
Provides an account of the development of the Saudi state. This title details its historical and religious background, its oil rentier economy and its...
With Saudi Arabia being of immense importance both politically and economically in the Middle East, this book provides a much needed, broad ranging survey of the development of the Saudi economy from the 1960s to the present day.
Written by a highly reputable author, the book includes an analysis of how political and social factors have shaped policy, and how the Saudi state is coping with the dynamics of a rapidly changing economic and political situation.
With Saudi Arabia being of immense importance both politically and economically in the Middle East, this book provides a much needed, broad ranging...
The crucial importance of the Gulf region today - which may be defined as comprising the states of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, with Iran as a non-Arab onlooker - has stimulated surprisingly little interest in academic circles. Much of what has been written, moreover, focuses exclusively on those aspects of direct concern to external interests. The focus of this book is on the Gulf region as an area with its own problems of social, economic and political development. It examines the dimensions of the attempts by the governments and peoples of...
The crucial importance of the Gulf region today - which may be defined as comprising the states of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar an...
Saudi Arabia is one of the most important countries in the modern world. Not only does it possess some 25 per cent of the world s proven oil reserves, it also plays a crucial role in the wider Gulf region where over 50 per cent of proven reserves are located. Developments in Saudi Arabia will inevitably affect the economic well-being of the Western industrialised world, Japan and much of the Third World. At the same time, Saudi Arabia is ruled in a traditional way by an all-powerful king and royal family, and is one of the key countries of Islam, the Holy City of Mecca being within the...
Saudi Arabia is one of the most important countries in the modern world. Not only does it possess some 25 per cent of the world s proven oil reserv...
Written in 1985, at a time when the world oil industry was facing a difficult period of over-supply and falling prices, this book examines some of the most important strategic issues facing both the producers and consumers of oil and gas. A theme underlying al the papers is the need for strengthening the co-operation between producing and consuming nations, especially between the Arab Gulf States and the members of the EU. The security of supply is also examined in the light of regional instability and peace in the Middle East.
Written in 1985, at a time when the world oil industry was facing a difficult period of over-supply and falling prices, this book examines some of ...
