The small Gulf States : foreign and security policies before and after the Arab Spring / edited by Khalid S. Almezaini and Jean-Marc Rickli.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-218) and index.

Introduction / Khalid Almezaini and Jean-Marc Rickli -- Theories of small states: foreign and security policies and the Gulf States / Jean-Marc Rickli and Khalid Almezaini -- The changing security dynamics in the Middle East and its impact on smaller GCC states: alliance choices and policies / Victor Gervais -- Gulf security policy after the Arab Spring: considering changing security dynamics / Andreas Krieg -- The United States and its key Gulf allies: a new foundation for a troubled partnership? / David Goldfischer -- Iran and the GCC sheikhdoms / Shahram Akbarzadeh -- Oman's independent foreign policy / Abdullah Baabood -- Evolving foreign and security policies: a comparative study of Qatar and the UAE / Emma Soubrier -- Risk diversification and the UAE foreign policy / Leah Sherwood -- Gulf States' engagement in North Africa: the role of foreign aid / Lisa Watanabe -- Conclusion: the foreign policies of the Gulf small states: an exception in small states' behaviours? / Khalid Almezaini and Jean-Marc Rickli.