Small State, Dangerous Region: A Strategic Assessment of Bahrain

Belfer, Mitchell

ISBN 10: 3631646399 / ISBN 13: 9783631646397

Published by Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissen, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Small State, Dangerous Region: A Strategic Assessment of Bahrain
• Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissen
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631646399
• ISBN 13: 9783631646397
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

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 dangerous region, but it is not weak. This work traces the long history of Bahrain and reveals how it has survived, especially since Revolutionary Iran has emerged as its main source of threat.

About the Author

Mitchell Belfer is Head of the International Relations and European Studies Department at Metropolitan University Prague and serves as Editor in Chief of the Central European Journal of International and Security Studies (CEJISS). His interests gravitate around alliance theory and the Middle East.