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100	1		_aBarany, Zoltan D.
245	1	4	_aThe political economy of Gulf defense establishments / _cZoltan Barany
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2021
300			_a76 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm.
490	1		_aCambridge elements. Elements in defence economics
500			_aSIP2110
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aThe six monarchies on the Arabian Peninsula have devoted enormous sums to defense in past decades. Nevertheless, the gap between their expensive armaments and their capacity to deter aggression and/or project military strength has narrowed but little in that time. This Element takes a political economy approach and argues that structural factors inherent in the Gulf states' political systems prohibit civilian oversight of the defense sector and are responsible for this outcome. Lax restraints on military outlays, in turn, enable widespread corruption, lead to large-scale waste, and account for the purchasing of unneeded, unsuitable, and incompatible weapons systems. The Element explores the challenges caused by plummeting oil prices and the resulting budget cuts and considers the development of domestic defense industries in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, intended as a part of their economic diversification program. The setbacks of the Saudi-led coalition's on-going war in Yemen starkly illustrate the narrative.
650		0	_aPersian Gulf Region _xdefence
650		0	_aArabian Peninsula _xstrategy _zSaudi Arabia _zUnited Arab Emirates _zYemen
650		7	_aarms industry _xmilitary expenditure _xdefence industrial base
651		7	_aMiddle East _zPersian Gulf Region _xregional security
830		0	_aCambridge elements _pElements in defence economics.
852			_h355.02:33 Barany
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