{"product_id":"the-foreign-policy-of-smaller-m-t-szalai-9780367745202","title":"The Foreign Policy of Smaller Gulf States: Size, Power, and Regime Stability in the Middle East","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book studies how smaller Gulf states managed to increase their influence in the Middle East, oftentimes capitalising on their smallness as a foreign policy tool. By establishing a novel theoretical framework (the complex model of size), this study identifies specific ways in which material and perceptual smallness affect power, identity, regime stability, and leverage in international politics. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe small states of the Gulf (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates) managed to build up considerable influence in regional politics over the last decade, although their size is still considered an essential, irresolvable weakness, which makes them secondary actors to great powers such as Saudi Arabia or Iran. Breaking down explicit and implicit biases towards largeness, the book examines specific case studies related to foreign and security policy behaviour, including the Gulf wars, the Arab Uprisings, the Gulf rift, and the Abraham Accords.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalysing the often-neglected small Gulf states, the volume is an important contribution to international relations theory, making it a key resource for students and academics interested in Small State Studies, Gulf studies, and the political science of the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Máté Szalai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367745208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367745202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Máté Szalai","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43993050120447,"sku":"9780367745202","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_540f4630-0303-42c5-8cac-a17d88834430.jpg?v=1683322246","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-foreign-policy-of-smaller-m-t-szalai-9780367745202","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}