Energy Kingdoms: Oil and Political Survival in the Persian GulfColumbia University Press, 08.01.2019 - 206 Seiten After the discovery of oil in the 1930s, the Gulf monarchies—Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Bahrain—went from being among the world’s poorest and most isolated places to some of its most ostentatiously wealthy. To maintain support, the ruling sheikhs provide their subjects with boundless cheap energy, unwittingly leading to some of the highest consumption rates on earth. Today, as summertime temperatures set new records, the Gulf’s rulers find themselves caught in a dilemma: can they curb their profligacy without jeopardizing the survival of some of the world’s last absolute monarchies? |
Inhalt
The Oil Age Arrives | |
The Big Payback | |
From Energy Poverty to Energy Extremism | |
Unnaturally Cool | |
We Have a Serious Problem | |
Iran and Dubai Lead the | |
Shifting Gears in Saudi Arabia | |
The Politics of Reform | |
The Climate Hedge | |
Notes | |
Index | |
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