Divided Gulf

Andreas Krieg is an Assistant Professor of Defence Studies at King’s College London. He is currently seconded to the Royal College of Defence Studies in London, where he is employing his expertise in the professional education of leaders from the defenceand security sector, as well as the foreign policy field. From 2013 to 2017, he was based at King’s College in Qatar, providing professional military education to officers from Gulf Cooperation Council militaries. Dr Krieg’s research in the field of security and conflict studies particularly focuses on the Middle East as a region in transition. He has recently published a book with Palgrave titled ‘Socio-Political Order and Security in the Arab World’ and has a monograph forthcoming with Georgetown University Press titled ‘Surrogate Warfare’.

• Introduction.- Chapter I: Perceptions and Divisions in Security and Defence Structures in Arab Gulf States.- Chapter II: Tribe and Tribalism: The Trojan Horse of GCC States?.- Chapter III: Bitter Brethren: Freud’s Narcissism of Minor Differences and the Gulf Divide.- Chapter IV: The UAE, Qatar and the Question of Political Islam.- Chapter V: The Weaponization of Narratives amid the Gulf Crisis.- Chapter VI: The Saudi Dimension: Understanding the Kingdom's position in the Gulf Crisis.- Chapter VII: The ‘Trump Factor’ in the Gulf Divide.- Chapter VIII: The Political Economy of the Gulf Divide.- Chapter IX: The Future of the GCC amid the Gulf Divide.- Chapter X: The Libyan Revolution Undone - The conversation will not be televised.- Chapter XI: The Evolution of Turkey- Qatar Relations amid a growing Gulf Divide.- Chapter XII: Iran & Qatar: A Forced Rapprochement.- Chapter XIII: Qatar’s Response to the Crisis: Public Diplomacy as a means of Crisis Management.- Chapter XIV: Making Sense of Europe’s Response to the Gulf Crisis.- Conclusion.