BISA 2023 Conference

Politics of the Gulf Region

21 Jun 2023, 13:15

1h 30m

Lochay, Hilton

International Studies of the Mediterranean, Middle East & Asia Working Group

Description

This panel reflects new scholarship on the politics of Gulf states, examining small state strategies in developing policies towards Britain and other great powers, Turkey's role in Kuwaiti power projection, and rethinking the Abraham Accords from a civilisational politics perspective.

Subcontributions

• Kuwait-Turkey Relations: Regional sub-system collaborators or pragmatic allies?
• Qatari-British Relations Post Independence (1971-1980)
• Inclusive civilizational identity in regional peace-making: The case of the Abraham Accords
• The influence-building strategy of small Gulf states in great powers