The Gulf Cooperation Council States: Hereditary Succession, Oil and Foreign Powers Architecture and enterprising writers and journalists

and enterprising writers and journalists including Mark Twain and Norman Lewis

James Bridle

which navigates themes of environmental degradation and filial responsibility through evocative mediums

Newly commissioned scholarly essays

the tensions and instabilities of boundaries and the spaces in between

The Gulf Cooperation Council States: Hereditary Succession, Oil and Foreign Powers Architecture and enterprising writers and journalistsSince the oil boom of the 1970s, the Gulf Cooperation Council States have attempted to achieve economic stability and realise their development goals. Such efforts have so far been in vain, however, as these states autocratic governments have closed off their political systems with the support of international allies, especially the United States. Focussing on institutional structures where oil wealth has been confined to the few, and the consequences