WHAT DRIVES THE CHANGES IN THE GULF OIL MONARCHIES?
https://doi.org/10.24833/2071-8160-2017-5-56-199-208
Abstract
The article identifies four main events driving the current changes in thePersian Gulfoil monarchies. Located in a troubled and unstable region of the Middle East with the oil prices declining after the events of the “Arab spring” and election of Donald Trump as president of theUnited States, Gulf oil monarchies are under pressure from inside and outside to undergo significant changes. As a consequence, validity of the theory of «monarchical exclusiveness» is called into question. The political elites in the monarchies recognize the need to depart from the status quo, although the phenomenon of the «king’s dilemma» is still present there. The author argues that the monarchy should undergo conservative liberalization. To avoid political destabilization they should apply a gradual, evolutionary approach to liberalization providing their societies with enough time to adapt to new developments. Along with the gradual liberalisation process there is also need in institutional development to make institutions stronger and more independent.
About the Author
N. Kjurchiski
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nikola Kjurchiski– PhD student in Political Science at the Gentre for Resource Economics.
119571, Prospect Vernadskogo 82/5, Moscow
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Kjurchiski N. WHAT DRIVES THE CHANGES IN THE GULF OIL MONARCHIES? MGIMO Review of International Relations. 2017;(5(56)):199-208. https://doi.org/10.24833/2071-8160-2017-5-56-199-208
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