Small State, Dangerous Region: a Strategic Assessment of Bahrain
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| Beschreibung: | C3ISTAR Among Bahrain's Asymmetrical Fighters: MWHB, Y14F and SDB. Cover; Contents; Preface. Thoughts, Theories and Thanks; Cases for Not Challenging Iran; The al-Khalifa Dilemma; Solving the al-Khalifa Dilemma; Small States' Leadership Style for Survival; Bahrain's National Interests; Bahrain's Main Sources of Vulnerability; The Advantages and Disadvantages of Small States; Bahrain: A Research Gap; Critical Reviews; Article 1: Andersen; Article 2: Hakala, Ghanmi and Sabrie; The Next Steps; Critical Pre-emption; Thanks; Chapter 1. Introducing Bahrain and its Regional Setting; Mapping the Volume; The Origins of the Kingdom of Bahrain Omani-Persian Competition and the Making of Modern BahrainEnter the Omani Kharajite; The Rise of the al-Khalifa Dynasty; British Protection, Not Colonisation; The Discovery of Oil and UK-Bahraini Relations; Implications of Britain's Regional Retrenchment; The Iranian Revolution and Bahraini Politics; The Meaning of the Islamic Revolution; The al-Wefaq Bloc in Bahrain; Precursors to an Islamic Revolution in Bahrain? al-Wefaq and Iran; Power by Coup d'état; The Leadership Pyramid; The Politicisation of Human Rights; From Consensus to Tyranny; A Word on Asymmetrical Warfare; Bahrain Today Bahrain's DemographyLet's Talk About Sects; Demographics and Society in Bahrain: Methodology; Utilised Methods; Structured Interviews; Semi-Structured Interviews; Statistical Data Acquisition and Assessment; Demographic Realities in Bahrain: A Presentation; Government Ministries and Organisations; The Private Sector; The Banking Sector; Shia Owned Companies; Demography as a Solution; Sociological Framework; Geopolitics: Bahrain Style; Overcoming Geography; Bahrain's Survival in a Dangerous Region; Chapter 2. Small States in Dangerous Regions: A Theoretical Assessment; Theories and Definitions What Makes a Small State Small? Two VariablesVariable 1: Population Size; Variable 2: National Territorial Area; Two Additional Dimensions of Being Small; Risk Management; Crossroads; A Summary of Small States; Modelling Bahrain as a Small State; What is a Dangerous Region?; Dangerous Regions: A Three Variable Approach; Dangerous Regions in Perspective; A Theory of Strategic Indulgence; The Arabian Littoral as a Dangerous Region; Bahrain is a Small State in a Dangerous Region; Double Security Dilemma; DSD Scenario: The External-Internal Perspective DSD Scenario: The Internal-External PerspectiveSolving Bahrain's Double Security Dilemma; General Observations; Observations on Bahrain; Chapter 3. Current Challenges to Bahrain; Bahrain's Five Central Challenges; Organising Bahrain's Challenges; Theorising on Key Challenges Facing Bahrain; Non-Conflict Bargaining; Non-Influence over Events; Conflict Bargaining; Exploring External Infiltration and Internal Sectarianism; Ties between Hezbollah and Iran; The Goals of Hezbollah and Other Paramilitary Groups; C3ISTAR among Bahrain's Asymmetrical Fighters The Kingdom of Bahrain's perseverance as an independent state in one of the world's most dangerous regions presents an enigma in the metanarrative of three centuries of near perpetual strife along the Arabian littoral. This mystery is due to Bahrain's size when compared to the very ambitious regional and international actors which have been eyeing Bahrain as a prize, a strategic stepping-stone to extending a form of hegemony over the region. Yet Bahrain is more than a pawn in the geopolitical games of larger states; it has its own set of skills and capabilities. It may be a small state in a da |
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| 500 | |a What Makes a Small State Small? Two VariablesVariable 1: Population Size; Variable 2: National Territorial Area; Two Additional Dimensions of Being Small; Risk Management; Crossroads; A Summary of Small States; Modelling Bahrain as a Small State; What is a Dangerous Region?; Dangerous Regions: A Three Variable Approach; Dangerous Regions in Perspective; A Theory of Strategic Indulgence; The Arabian Littoral as a Dangerous Region; Bahrain is a Small State in a Dangerous Region; Double Security Dilemma; DSD Scenario: The External-Internal Perspective | ||
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