Jean-Loup Samaan is Senior Research Fellow in the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore, Singapore and Associate Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations in Paris, France. He is the author of Strategic Hedging in the Arabian Peninsula: The Politics of the Gulf-Asian Rapprochement (2018) . He worked previously at the UAE National Defense College, UAE, NATO Defense College, Italy, and RAND Corporation in the US.

This is an important book. Although international attention is focused on Ukraine and China, the Persian Gulf will remain vital to international stability and the global economy for many years to come. In New Military Strategies for the Gulf, Jean-Loup Samaan brings deep analysis and a reputation for cutting-edge scholarship to bear on the critical problem of security and stability in one of the most important regions on earth. Concise, informed and relevant, his findings and observations should inform and support both regional and international leaders as they search for answers and solutions to an enduringly complex set of Gulf challenges.

• IntroductionChapter 1. The Politics of Gulf Military ReformsChapter 2 The Education of Gulf New StrategistsChapter 3. The Difficult Buildup of Gulf Military IndustriesChapter 4. Projecting Power by Other MeansChapter 5. The Diversification of Gulf Defense DiplomacyChapter 6. The Militarization of Gulf SocietiesChapter 7. Gulf Militarism and the Erosion of Regional CooperationChapter 8. The Yemen War and the Shattered Dreams of Gulf Military PowerConclusion

Jean-Loup Samaan is Senior Research Fellow in the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore, Singapore and Associate Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations in Paris, France. He is the author of Strategic Hedging in the Arabian Peninsula: The Politics of the Gulf-Asian Rapprochement (2018) . He worked previously at the UAE National Defense College, UAE, NATO Defense College, Italy, and RAND Corporation in the US.

This is an important book. Although international attention is focused on Ukraine and China, the Persian Gulf will remain vital to international stability and the global economy for many years to come. In New Military Strategies for the Gulf, Jean-Loup Samaan brings deep analysis and a reputation for cutting-edge scholarship to bear on the critical problem of security and stability in one of the most important regions on earth. Concise, informed and relevant, his findings and observations should inform and support both regional and international leaders as they search for answers and solutions to an enduringly complex set of Gulf challenges.

• IntroductionChapter 1. The Politics of Gulf Military ReformsChapter 2 The Education of Gulf New StrategistsChapter 3. The Difficult Buildup of Gulf Military IndustriesChapter 4. Projecting Power by Other MeansChapter 5. The Diversification of Gulf Defense DiplomacyChapter 6. The Militarization of Gulf SocietiesChapter 7. Gulf Militarism and the Erosion of Regional CooperationChapter 8. The Yemen War and the Shattered Dreams of Gulf Military PowerConclusion

Jean-Loup Samaan is Senior Research Fellow in the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore, Singapore and Associate Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations in Paris, France. He is the author of Strategic Hedging in the Arabian Peninsula: The Politics of the Gulf-Asian Rapprochement (2018) . He worked previously at the UAE National Defense College, UAE, NATO Defense College, Italy, and RAND Corporation in the US.

This is an important book. Although international attention is focused on Ukraine and China, the Persian Gulf will remain vital to international stability and the global economy for many years to come. In New Military Strategies for the Gulf, Jean-Loup Samaan brings deep analysis and a reputation for cutting-edge scholarship to bear on the critical problem of security and stability in one of the most important regions on earth. Concise, informed and relevant, his findings and observations should inform and support both regional and international leaders as they search for answers and solutions to an enduringly complex set of Gulf challenges.

• IntroductionChapter 1. The Politics of Gulf Military ReformsChapter 2 The Education of Gulf New StrategistsChapter 3. The Difficult Buildup of Gulf Military IndustriesChapter 4. Projecting Power by Other MeansChapter 5. The Diversification of Gulf Defense DiplomacyChapter 6. The Militarization of Gulf SocietiesChapter 7. Gulf Militarism and the Erosion of Regional CooperationChapter 8. The Yemen War and the Shattered Dreams of Gulf Military PowerConclusion