Routledge Handbook of Persian Gulf Politics

Mehran Kamrava is Professor of Government at Georgetown University in Qatar. His books include A Concise History of Revolution (2020), Troubled Waters: Insecurity in the Persian Gulf (2018), Inside the Arab State (2018), The Impossibility of Palestine: History, Geography, and the Road Ahead (2016), and Qatar: Small State, Big Politics (2015).

‘In this magisterial volume, Mehran Kamrava brings together some of the world’s foremost experts to shed light on one of the most important – yet widely misunderstood – regions of the world. Interrogating dislocations in political, economic, social, geopolitical and cultural realms, this is required reading for anyone desiring a better understanding of the Persian Gulf.’ — Dr Simon Mabon, Director of the Richardson Institute, Lancaster University, UK ‘Mehran Kamrava has assembled a sterling list of authors, a mix of veteran analysts and younger academics who are fresh from the field. The volume helps to define the study of the politics of the Persian Gulf region for some time.’ — F. Gregory Gause, III, Head of International Affairs Department, The Bush School, Texas A&M University, USA

• Introduction 1. Politics in Persian Gulf: An Overview Mehran Kamrava Part I. Historical Context 2. The Ottomans in the Arabian Peninsula Aiza Khan 3. The Persian Gulf in the Pre-Protectorate Period: 1790–1853 Allen Fromherz 4. Sa‘udi Arabia and the 1744 Alliance between the al-Sa‘ud and the al-Shaykh: A Legitimizing and Enduring Union Joseph Kéchichian 5. Britain’s Presence in the Persian Gulf, 1617–2019 W. Taylor Fain 6. The States of the Persian Gulf: From Protectorates to Independent Countries Lucy M. Abbott Part II. Society and Culture 7. Modernity and the Arab Gulf States: The Politics of Heritage, Memory, and Forgetting Farah Al-Nakib 8. Evolving Family Patterns in the Arabian Peninsula Amira Sonbol 9. Migrant Urbanism in Gulf Cities: A Reality without Vision? Florian Wiedmann 10. Social Division in Iraq: Ahl al-Shiqāq wa-l-Nifāq? Fanar Haddad 11. Sectarianism in the Gulf Monarchies: Regional and Domestic Factors of Sunni-Shi‘a Tensions Laurence Louër 12. Redefining Women’s Roles in the Gulf’s Oil Monarchies Mandana E. Limbert 13. Oil for Art’s Sake: Art and Culture in the GCC Suzi Mirgani Part III. Economic Development 14. Rentier Political Economy in the Oil Monarchies Jessie Moritz 15. Global Energy Markets and the Persian Gulf Li-Chen Sim 16. The Emergence and Spread of the “Dubai Model” in the GCC Countries Martin Hvidt 17. Labor Migration in the Persian Gulf Zahra Babar 18. Revisiting the Gulf’s Divided Labor Markets Michael Ewers and Ryan Dicce 19. Working Women in the Oil Monarchies Nawra Al Lawati and Gail J. Buttorff Part IV. Domestic Politics 20. Nationalism in Iran Hamid Ahmadi 21. Nationalism in the Persian Gulf’s Oil Monarchies Jill Crystal 22. Charismatic Authority in a Hybrid State: Reading Max Weber and Beyond in Postrevolutionary Iran Mojtaba Mahdavi 23. Political Islam in the Arabian Peninsula Courtney Freer 24. Parliamentary Politics in Kuwait Clemens Chay 25. Political Absolutism in the Gulf Monarchies Steven Wright 26. Royal Succession in Saudi Arabia: The Rise of Mohammad bin Salman Stig Stenslie Part V. Regional Security Dynamics 27. Security in the Persian Gulf Nader Entessar 28. Security Dilemmas and Conflict Spirals in the Persian Gulf Fred H. Lawson 29. Between Anarchy and Arms Race: A Security Dilemma in the Persian Gulf Islam Hassan 30. The Rise and Decline of the Gulf Cooperation Council Kristian Coates Ulrichsen 31. Saudi-Iranian Relations: Between Identity, Ideology, and Interest Massaab Al-Aloosy 32. The Armed Forces in Post-Revolutionary Iran Saeid Golkar Part VI. The Persian Gulf & the World 33. The United States and the Persian Gulf: The Art of Lasting in Stormy Waters Houchang Hassan-Yari 34. The United States and Iran: Transcending No-Man’s-Land Ghoncheh Tazmini 35. Iran-U.S. Relations: Challenges and Opportunities Gawdat Bahgat 36. China and the Persian Gulf: Hedging Under the U.S. Umbrella Jonathan Fulton Select Bibliography