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050		4	_aHD9743.P452 _bB37 2021
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100	1		_aBarany, Zoltan D., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe political economy of Gulf defense establishments / _cZoltan Barany.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2021.
300			_a1 online resource (76 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCambridge elements. Elements in defence economics, _x2632-332X
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2021).
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	_aDefense industries _zPersian Gulf Region.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108959759
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781108961820
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