The Gulf / Lebanon

David Rundell, Former American diplomat, Dubai

Saudi Arabia is rapidly implementing significant economic and social reforms. An army of foreign consultants is rewriting the social contract, King Salman has cracked down hard on corruption, and the Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman, is promoting a more tolerant Islam. But is all this a new vision for Saudi Arabia or merely a mirage likely to dissolve into Iranian-style revolution? In this breezy analysis, David Rundell - one of America’s foremost experts on Saudi Arabia - explains what is really going on in one of the world’s least understood nations. The book is based on Rundell's contacts and intimate and expansive knowledge of the country where he lived and worked as a diplomat for 15 years.

UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 432 pages • 34 b&w illus PB 9781838605919 • £12.99 / $17.95 Previously published in HB 9781838605933 ePub 9781838605940 • £18.00 / $24.74 ePdf 9781838605957 • £18.00 / $24.74 I.B. Tauris

Tribalism and Political Power in the Gulf

State-Building and National Identity in Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE

Courtney Freer, London School of Economics, UK & Alanoud al-Sharekh, Kuwait National Security Bureau, Kuwait Gulf societies are often described as being intensely tribal. But in discussions of state building and national identity, the role of tribalism and tribal identity is often overlooked. This book analyses the political role of tribes in Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE to understand the degree to which tribes hinder or advance popular participation in government and to what extent they exert domestic political power.

UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 224 pages HB 9781838606084 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781838606107 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781838606091 • £76.50 / $100.32 I.B. Tauris Tareq Alrabei, Gulf University for Science & Technology, Kuwait This book is the first to explore the Bidun from a literary/cultural perspective, offering both the first study of the literature of the Bidun in Kuwait, and in the process a corrective to some of the pitfalls of a descriptive, Area Studies approach to research on the Bidun and the region. The author explores the historical and political context of the Bidun, their position in Kuwaiti and Arabic literary history, comparisons between the Bidun and other stateless writers and analysis of the key themes in Bidun literature and their relationship to the Bidun struggle for recognition and citizenship.

UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 208 pages HB 9781788314572 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780755635306 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9780755635313 • £76.50 / $100.32 I.B. Tauris

Shipping and Development in Dubai

Infrastructure, Innovation and Institutions in the Gulf

Keith Nuttall This book explains the reasons for the emergence of Dubai and its distinctive development trajectory, arguing that the decision, in the 1970s, to invest in infrastructure made possible by shipping containerization laid the foundations for its future expansion. Nuttall shows that in contrast to its competitors’ hydrocarbon rentier economic model, Dubai’s creation and expansion of ports and airports, together with ‘value-added’ logistics and business-friendly enhancements, were used to out-compete regional rivals. Drawing on a range of primary and secondary sources, including interviews with logistics business-people, government records, memoirs, it fills a significant lacuna in the history of Dubai’s development and emergence as a global trade hub.

UK November 2021 • US November 2021 • 256 pages • 8 bw illus HB 9780755641628 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780755641642 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9780755641635 • £76.50 / $100.32 I.B. Tauris

The End of Empire in the Gulf

From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates

Tancred Bradshaw With the end of the British Raj in 1947, the Foreign Office replaced the Government of India as the department responsible for the Persian Gulf. It would proceed to manage relations with the Trucial States until British withdrawal in 1971. This work is a comprehensive history of British policy in the region during that period, situated for the first time in its broad historical and political context. The book relies on 40,000 pages of archival material, much of it previously unused, and traces the slow end of the British Empire, the origins of the UAE and the British legacy in this geopolitically crucial region.

UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 272 pages • 15 bw illus PB 9780755643752 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781784538880 ePub 9781838600792 • £26.09 / $35.17 ePdf 9781838600877 • £26.09 / $35.17 I.B. Tauris

The Future of Petroleum in Lebanon

Energy, Politics and Economic Growth

Edited by Sami Atallah & Bassam Fattouh, SOAS, University of London, UK What is the future of the oil and gas sector in Lebanon? Following the recent discovery of these valuable resources in the southern Mediterranean, this collection of essays addresses the major challenges and opportunities that accompany the country’s hope to join the petroleum club. Addressing the key policy issues - from Lebanon’s susceptibility to the oil curse to the environmental risks of production - this book brings together expert analysis to offer prescriptive answers at the institutional level.

UK July 2021 • US July 2021 • 376 pages PB 9780755643714 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781788311717 ePub 9781788318501 • £81.00 / $106.83 ePdf 9781788318495 • £81.00 / $106.83 I.B. Tauris