The Arab Gulf’s Pivot to Asia: From Transactional to Strategic Partnerships

N. Janardhan

doi:10.2307/j.ctv15r56r3

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Edition: 1/2020
Copyright Year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-95994-132-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-95994-133-4
Publisher: Gerlach Press, Berlin
Language: English
Pages: 253
Product Type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
1. Asian Gulf No access
2. ‘Smart’ Power No access
3. Not Just Buyers and Sellers No access
4. Chapter Summaries No access
5. Notes No access
1. Economic Complementarity No access
2. Health of GCC Wealth No access
3. Eastern Energy Tilt No access
4. Trade Growth No access
5. Cross Investments No access
6. Energy in Future Synergy No access
7. 1. Post-9/11 Suspicion No access
  2. Political and Strategic Security Outlook No access
  3. Religious Affiliation and Economic Pragmatism No access
  4. Other Plausible Enablers No access
  5. More Value for Money No access
  6. GCC’s First-Ever FTA, with Singapore No access
  7. Iran Factor No access
8. What Next? No access
9. Scope for Security Partnership No access
10. Notes No access
1. From OBOR to BRI No access
2. China’s Vision for the BRI No access
3. Middle East and the Gulf No access
4. Benefits for the UAE No access
5. Oman’s Duqm Project and Digital Silk Road No access
6. Potential Challenges No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
1. Key Dynamics No access
2. Funds Flow System No access
3. Non-Oil Trade No access
4. Japan-Saudi Vision 2030 No access
5. UAE-Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Initiative No access
6. Investment Trends and Movement of Companies and People No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
1. Energy Relations No access
2. Trade Partnership No access
3. Strategic Partnership No access
4. Smart Farming No access
5. Niche Cooperation No access
6. Healthcare Development No access
7. Diplomatic Lessons - Sunshine-Moonshine Policies No access
8. Soft Power No access
9. Defence Cooperation No access
10. Conclusion No access
11. Notes No access
1. Strong Economic Foundation No access
2. Workforce Supply No access
3. Security Cooperation No access
4. The Pakistan Factor No access
5. Iran in the Mix No access
6. Future Trends No access
7. Implications for the United States No access
8. Conclusion No access
9. Notes No access
1. Limits and Opportunities of Energy Cooperation No access
2. The BRI Factor No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. Notes No access
1. Strategic Competition No access
2. Drivers Behind US Change No access
3. Logic of China’s Self-reliance No access
4. Why Decoupling will Continue No access
5. Implications No access
6. Challenges and Opportunities for the Gulf No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
1. Relevance No access
2. Shared Interests No access
3. 1. Farm-to-Port Project No access
  2. Food Security-for-Energy Security No access
4. 1. Indian Ocean Diplomatic Initiative No access
  2. SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region) No access
5. 1. Joint Aircraft Production Plan No access
  2. Calming the Crises No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
1. 1. Intensifying Tropical Cyclones No access
  2. Rise in Sea Levels No access
  3. Competition for Declining Fish Resources No access
2. 1. Cascading and Compounding Events No access
  2. Case Study 1: The Impact of Somali Fish Stocks on the Strategic Balance in the Western Indian Ocean No access
  3. Case Study 2: The Role of Drought/Climate Change in Causing the Syrian Civil War No access
  4. Case Study 3: The Strategic Impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami No access
3. Responding to Challenges No access
4. Conclusion - A Gulf Agenda No access
5. Notes No access
1. Asian Vignettes No access
2. ‘360-degree’ Evaluation No access
3. Asian Small States No access
4. Post-Colonial Asia No access
5. Diplomatic Experiments No access
6. 1. Political Actions No access
  2. Regional Diplomacy No access
  3. Economic Diplomacy No access
7. 1. Assessing Foreign Ministries No access
  2. Public Diplomacy No access
  3. Consular and Diaspora Work No access
  4. Diplomacy Networks No access
  5. India: Paradox of Numbers No access
  6. Negotiation Styles No access
  7. State and Non-State Actors No access
  8. Training No access
  9. Benchmarking and Experience Sharing No access
  10. Foreign Ministry Conferences No access
  11. Work Methods and Human Resources No access
  12. Performance Monitoring No access
8. Conclusion No access
9. Notes No access
1. Foreign Policy Tool No access
2. India’s South Asia Satellite No access
3. India’s Space Technology Transfer No access
4. China’s Manned Space Missions No access
5. China’s New Rival to GPS No access
6. Japan’s New Space Policy No access
7. Geopolitical Competition in Space No access
8. UAE’s Mars Scientific City No access
9. UAE’s Nanosatellite Gets Indian Launch No access
10. UAE’s Cooperation with Japan and South Korea No access
11. Conclusion No access
12. Notes No access
1. Unique Traditions No access
2. Pluralistic Belief System No access
3. Political Culture No access
4. Indifference to Pakistan and Kashmir Insurgency No access
5. Gulf’s Anti-extremism Cooperation with India No access
6. Counter-Radicalisation Initiatives No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
1. BRI 2.0 No access
2. Private Security Companies No access
3. Enhanced Security Arrangements No access
4. Rapid Growth No access
5. China in the Indian Ocean Region and the Gulf No access
6. China’s Capabilities in the IOR and Gulf No access
7. Djibouti Base No access
8. US Force Structure in the Gulf No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. Notes No access
1. US-Iran Tension No access
2. Internationalisation of the Region No access
3. The West’s Confusing Signals No access
4. Asian Security Pitch No access
5. China’s Security Footprint No access
6. India’s Neighbourhood Policy No access
7. Japan and South Korea No access
8. Russia and Turkey Look East Too No access
9. Proactive Gulf No access
10. Conclusion No access
11. Notes No access
1. Contraction No access
2. Stimulus and Growth No access
3. Geopolitical Contest No access
4. United States versus China No access
5. Silk Road of Health No access
6. Positives and Negatives No access
7. Gulf in the Crossfire No access
8. Notes No access
About the Contributors No access Pages 243 - 246