TY - BOOK AU - Almezaini,Khalid S. AU - Rickli,Jean-Marc TI - The small Gulf States: foreign and security policies before and after the Arab Spring SN - 978-1-138-66597-2 PY - 2017/// CY - London PB - Routledge N1 - Bibliogr. p. 191-218; 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 ER -