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What tends to obscure the rapid transformation experienced by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states?
What tends to obscure the rapid transformation experienced by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states?
The image of oil-fueled prosperity
According to Kuwaiti historian Muhammad Rumaihi, what is the essence of the Gulf?
According to Kuwaiti historian Muhammad Rumaihi, what is the essence of the Gulf?
Its people and its land
What exception exists in the Middle East in terms of governance?
What exception exists in the Middle East in terms of governance?
The persistence of monarchy
What is highlighted as often being lost in discussions of the Gulf region?
What is highlighted as often being lost in discussions of the Gulf region?
What phase does the author refer to oil as in the history of the Gulf region?
What phase does the author refer to oil as in the history of the Gulf region?
What must all the regional states in the Gulf Cooperation Council prepare for?
What must all the regional states in the Gulf Cooperation Council prepare for?
What were the main ethnicities that composed the social mix in the Gulf ports?
What were the main ethnicities that composed the social mix in the Gulf ports?
What was the main local source of wealth in the Gulf before oil revenues?
What was the main local source of wealth in the Gulf before oil revenues?
How did the onset of oil revenues in the twentieth century affect the style of rule in the Gulf?
How did the onset of oil revenues in the twentieth century affect the style of rule in the Gulf?
What contributed to the shattered historic unity of the Gulf characterized by ease of movement?
What contributed to the shattered historic unity of the Gulf characterized by ease of movement?
What new nationalisms and identities arose on the Arabian side in the twentieth century?
What new nationalisms and identities arose on the Arabian side in the twentieth century?
What has contributed to the highly politicized situation in the present-day Gulf?
What has contributed to the highly politicized situation in the present-day Gulf?
