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Strategiczny sojusz saudyjsko-emiracki – odpowiedź na kryzys w Zatoce Perskiej
The Saudi-Emirati Strategic Allliance – A Response to the Gulf’s Crisis

Author(s): Jakub Sławek
Subject(s): Islam studies, International relations/trade, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: the Qatar crisis; Gulf Coopertion Council; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Al-Houthi; Saudi-Iranian rivalry; Qatar isolation; The Yemen conflict;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the issue of the political developments in the region of the Gulf. This region for than a year have been now rocked by a number of serious crisis, as the isolation of Qatar and the military intervention in Yemen. These have weakened the effectiveness of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Simultaneously with the tensions there are efforts to seek strengthening the two most powerful countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, that have been lately coordinating and deepening their bilateral relations. The article aims at answering the question whether the efforts to counter the on-going crisis will be effective and well-thought of.

  • Issue Year: XV/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 141-153
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish