Suchergebnisse

1 Introduction: 5,000 years in thirteen pages. - 2 The Al Thani arrive. - 3 An industry in need of a government. - 4 Tribes and state formation. - 5 Jassim's father. - 6 Jassim's ascendancy. - 7 Ottoman Qatar. - 8 Qatar's unity tested. - 9 The Ottoman demise;. - 10 Sibling rivalry. - 11 End of an era

The most challenging question today for the citizens of any country in the Gulf region is whether it is heading in the right direction to become a durable, sustainable system, fully supported by its people and capable of being defended from internal and external threats. In The Arab Spring and the Gulf States, Mohamed A.J. Althani, a former minister in the Qatari government, analyses the domestically important areas of demography, security, provision of food and water, and the political and economic systems of the Arab countries at the centre of the turmoil that has spread throughout the regi.