P. R. Kumaraswamy teaches contemporary Middle East in Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is the honorary director of Middle East Institute, New Delhi.Md. Muddassir Quamar is doctoral candidate in School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

• 1. Introduction 2. Investment in Renewable Energy in the GCC States 3. Transition to a Green Economy 4. Trajectories of Education Policy in Saudi Arabia 5. Shiism, Rentier State and Illiberal Democracy in Iran 6. Sectarianism, Geopolitical Rivalry and the Syrian Civil War 7. The Widening Gulf 8. Qatar-Hamas Relations 9. India – GCC FTA 10. Thicker than Oil

P. R. Kumaraswamy teaches contemporary Middle East in Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is the honorary director of Middle East Institute, New Delhi.Md. Muddassir Quamar is doctoral candidate in School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

• 1. Introduction 2. Investment in Renewable Energy in the GCC States 3. Transition to a Green Economy 4. Trajectories of Education Policy in Saudi Arabia 5. Shiism, Rentier State and Illiberal Democracy in Iran 6. Sectarianism, Geopolitical Rivalry and the Syrian Civil War 7. The Widening Gulf 8. Qatar-Hamas Relations 9. India – GCC FTA 10. Thicker than Oil

P. R. Kumaraswamy teaches contemporary Middle East in Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is the honorary director of Middle East Institute, New Delhi.Md. Muddassir Quamar is doctoral candidate in School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

• 1. Introduction 2. Investment in Renewable Energy in the GCC States 3. Transition to a Green Economy 4. Trajectories of Education Policy in Saudi Arabia 5. Shiism, Rentier State and Illiberal Democracy in Iran 6. Sectarianism, Geopolitical Rivalry and the Syrian Civil War 7. The Widening Gulf 8. Qatar-Hamas Relations 9. India – GCC FTA 10. Thicker than Oil