JMD on NBN: The Gulf Region and Israel by Sigurd Neubauer
SIGURD NEUBAUER
Old Struggles, New Alliances
KODESH PRESS 2020
July 21, 2020 James M. Dorsey
Gulf scholar Sigurd Neubauer’s The Gulf Region and Israel: Old Struggles, New Alliances makes
a significant contribution to our understanding of what drives shifting
alliances in the Middle East, an ever more volatile part of the world.
Shunned by Arab states for much of its existence, Israel has
become in recent years a key factor in efforts by Gulf states to punch above
their weight, shape the greater Middle East in their mould, box in countries
like Iran and Turkey, and manage their reputations in Washington and ties to
the United States.
A keen student of the region, Neubauer clearly lays out the
limitations of burgeoning alliances in the absence of the resolution of the
Middle East’s myriad conflicts among which are the dispute between Israelis and
Palestinians and the rift between Gulf states.
In doing so, he has written an easily accessible book that
is must read for anyone, even those with only a cursory interest in a part of
the world that too often impacts the lives of those far beyond its boundaries.
Sigurd
Neubauer is an internationally recognized authority on the Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC), Persian Gulf Security, U.S.-Arab relations, Middle
East politics, Arab-Israeli relations, Afghanistan, and U.S. defense industry.
His expertise also includes NATO, Norwegian defense policy and transatlantic
relations.
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James M. Dorsey is a senior fellow at Singapore’s S.
Rajaratnam School of International Studies, adjunct senior fellow at the
National University of Singapore’s Middle East Institute and the author of the
globally syndicated column and blog, The Turbulent World
of Middle East Soccer.
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