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In June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt (the quartet) enacted a diplomatic, economic, and physical blockade of Qatar. Gulf politics has always been fractious, but this stunning political gambit took everyone - Qatari leaders, scholars, the international community - entirely by surprise. The quartet assailed Qatar with a litany of charges mostly relating to its support of a motley array of sub-state actors across the Middle East...

David B. Roberts offers a definitive guide to continuity and change in the Gulf region. He explores the forces challenging and bolstering the status quo in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates across the political, social, economic, military, and environmental dimensions of security.

David B. Roberts offers a definitive guide to continuity and change in the Gulf region. He explores the forces challenging and bolstering the status quo in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates across the political, social, economic, military, and environmental dimensions of security.

The puzzle of the Gulf blockade and its myriad impacts are examined in this volume. It builds upon early analyses to offer a range of crisp, insightful reflections, many based on new primary sources. The chapters take a multidisciplinary and diverse theoretical approach to the crisis.

Reveals how psychedelics can facilitate spiritual development and direct encounters with the sacred • With contributions by Albert Hofmann, Huston Smith, Stanislav Grof, Charles Tart, Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, Brother David Steindl-Rast, and many others • Includes personal accounts of Walter Pahnke's Good Friday Experiment as well as a 25-year follow-up with its participants Modern organized religion is based predominantly on secondary religi...

Tiny Qatar projects influence globally via massive overseas investments and its involvement in foreign affairs. This book explains why.

Bekende sprookjes geïllustreerd door David Roberts (Vieze Rik, Beren kijken). Hij situeerde de verhalen van Rapunzel, Assepoester en Doornroosje in respectievelijk de jaren 30, 50 en 70 van de vorige eeuw. Een frisse kijk op bekende sprookjes met een ... op zijn minst... onverwachte afloop!