| Description |
1 online resource (49 pages) : illustratons, map |
| Series |
Crisis Group Middle East report ; N°206 |
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ICG Middle East report ; N°206.
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| Contents |
Executive summary. -- I. Introduction. -- II. Saudi Arabia: outmanoeuvring iran. -- A. The Iranian spectre. -- B. Backing the status quo, facing resistance. -- III. The UAE: squeezing out Islamists and their backers. -- A.A high-stakes history. -- B. Keeping the status quo, managing change. -- C.A ix of hard and soft power. -- D. Whose definition of stability? -- IV. Qatar: tryiing to outmanoeuvre Saudi Arabia and the UAE. -- A.A history of conflict mediation. -- B. Evading the Saudi-led blockade. -- C. Trade, aid and cash. -- D. Sparring with Gulf rivals in Africa. -- V. Turkey: tryig to stay out of Gulf disputes. -- A. "Open to Africa". -- B.A virtuous cycle of interests. -- C. Trying to steer a neutral course. -- VI. Hard landings. -- VII. A better way forward. -- A. Toward a more unified Horn position vis-à-vis the Gulf. -- B. Limitng the fallout from intra-Gulf rivalries in the Horn. -- VIII. Concusion. -- Appendices |
| Summary |
Relationships between the oil-rich Gulf and the cash-poor Horn of Africa are expanding, offering opportunities and presenting risks that will reverberate for years to come. Gulf policymakers would do well to consider how regional competition and transactional political relationships stand to undermine their long-term stated interests in the Horn, including political stability and, with it, opportunities for investment. Even if intra-Gulf competition serves certain geopolitical interests today, it will almost certainly limit the Horn's ability to develop and strengthen fragile states in the medium and longer term |
| Notes |
"19 September 2019"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Political stability -- Horn of Africa
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Competition.
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Conflict management.
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Competition.
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Conflict management.
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International relations.
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Political stability.
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East -- Relations -- Horn of Africa
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Horn of Africa -- Relations -- Middle East
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| Subject |
Africa -- Horn of Africa.
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Middle East.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Crisis Group, publisher.
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