Gerd Nonneman

Georgetown University in Qatar · School of Foreign Service

Surprisingly little has been written about the century-long relationship between Saudi Arabia and Europe, beyond snapshots of certain periods or certain aspects. Similarly, very few attempts have been made to seek long-term patterns in Saudi foreign policy. This article aims to fill this double gap. It shows that these patterns link even the earlie...

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Journal of Arabian Studies (JAS), this article offers the first history of the field of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (GAPS), including the origins and evolution of JAS. It begins with an overview of the origins and evolution of GAPS as a field of scholarship, then provides a detailed survey of th...

This paper discusses European policies towards the Qatar crisis in the context of the evolution of broader past and present European policies towards the Gulf. It starts with a summary discussion of historical patterns of relations between Europe and the Gulf, before briefly sketching the major changes in the regional environment after the Second W...

Money, Markets, and Monarchies: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East. By Adam Hanieh. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 314p. $99.99 cloth, $32.99 paper. - Volume 17 Issue 4 - Gerd Nonneman

in Journal of Arabian Studies, Vol. 7 (2017). Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21534764.2017.1322307?journalCode=rjab20

An updated version in Arabic of the volume original published as Saudi Arabia in the Balance: Political Economy, Society, Foreign Affairs (New York: New York University Press, 2006)

Relations between the European Union (EU) – understood as encompassing both the collective/institutional entity and the individual member states – and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have developed slowly and initially mainly on a bilateral basis. The history of relations between European states and the Gulf stretches back for nearly two centuri...

The Iran-Iraq War can be seen both as a symptom of longer-term dynamics in Gulf regional politics, and as a source of subsequent dynamics and events. Looking back from the post—Iraq War (“third Gulf war”) vantage point, and taking account of the “second Gulf war” over Kuwait, a number of patterns can be identified in relations between the conservat...

In the post-9/11 climate, the role of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) states in Europe’s regional security environment and international politics has become more than ever a focus for attention, but remains ill-understood. This book provides a framework for the analysis of Middle Eastern foreign policies in general, and for understanding th...

Editor: ROBERSON, BARBARA; 'The Middle East and Europe: The Power Deficit'; Editors: BEHRENDT, SVEN and HANELT, CHRISTIAN-PETER; 'Bound to Cooperate - Europe and the Middle East'; Editor: JOFFÉ, GEORGE; 'Perspectives in Development: The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership'; Editors: BRAUCH, HANS ÜNTER, MARQUINA, ANTONIO and BIAD, ABDULWAHAB; 'Euro-Medit...

The key concerns in work on the politics of the Middle East in the past decade have been economic and political liberalization/democratization (or the absence thereof) and security, both domestic and international, along with a continued focus on the Arab-Israeli conflict. There has been an increasing recognition that these issues are strongly inte...

Past and future trends in British-Gulf relations need to be seen in the context of (1) British foreign policy interests at the global and regional levels and (2) the broader foreign policy interests of the Gulf states. It needs to be recognized that these interests are multiple and varying—both between countries and across time. The context also ha...

When the leaders of North and South Yemen met on 16–18 April 1988 and agreed to revive unity discussions, following this up with a summit in Sanaa on 4 May, observers could be forgiven a certain scepticism. Over the years, a range of previous declarations had gone essentially unheeded, and the gap between the North’s relative traditionalism and fre...

This study presents a review and analysis of Iraqi‐Kuwaiti relations as they developed and changed over time. It attempts to look beyond the immediate political and legal aspects of this difficult relationship, while at the same time drawing attention to the history and potential of functional co‐operation between the two states. The wider subject...

When the leaders of North and South Yemen met on 16–18 April 1988 and agreed to revive unity discussions, following this up with a 4 May summit in Sanaa, observers could be forgiven a certain scepticism. Over the years, a range of previous declarations had gone essentially unheeded, and the gap between the North’s relative traditionalism and free-m...

Dynamics of Development Policy and Stability, and Linkages between them, with special reference to the Yemens (North, South, and united).

Vol. II of the thesis applies the framework developed in Vol I, about dynamics of, and linkages between, development policy and stability, to the case of Yemen (North, South, and united Yemen, in three separate chapters - beginning from traditional society through independence and up to the unified republic (to 1992). It is at the same time a chron...

Successful development in the Middle East remains elusive, although considerable aid is poured into the region and extensive bureaucracies for managing development have been established. This book is a concise political economy of Middle Eastern development and its administration. A major focus is the nature and role of State and bureaucracy. Speci...

[Summary]. In this Chaillot Paper, five European authors put forward their views on the role played by the European Union in attempts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the beginning of the intifada in September 2000. Among the positive aspects of the Union’s actions, it should first be emphasised that it has defined a clear position...

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Exeter, 1993. In 2 vols.