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TITLE INFORMATION Niblock, Tim with Sun, Degang; Galindo, Alejandra (eds.) Tim Niblock with Degang Sun and Alejandra Galindo (eds.)

THE ARAB STATES OF THE GULF AND BRICS: NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS IN POLITICS AND ECONOMICS

Publication Date 2016/08 HC 252 pages HC ISBN 9783959940085

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How the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) relates to BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) is, in the light of the growing strength and importance of this organisation and the countries which comprise it, of critical importance. The issue is not simply how the GCC countries handle their relations with the individual BRICS countries, but more importantly how they relate to an alternative structure of coordination and perhaps power in the global order. Their established links and alliances may no longer be enough to satisfy either their economic needs or their security concerns. The objective of this book is to examine the commonalities and the differences in economic and political interest between the BRICS countries and the GCC countries, so as to assess the potential for cooperation and collective action. Whether the GCC could itself become a part of BRICS is also worth consideration. While the focus is on the GCC, the GCC’s relations with BRICS countries have been, and will continue to be, closely affected by the wider Gulf dimension – the state of their relations with Iran and Iraq, and the manner in which BRICS countries relate to those two countries. This volume is based on a workshop held at the Gulf Research Meeting organized by the Gulf Research Center Cambridge in summer 2015.

Key Subjects About the Authors/Editors Gulf Studies, BRICS Countries, Middle East Tim Niblock, Emeritus, University of Exeter Studies, Politics, Economics Market Degang Sun , Shanghai International Studies University Universitys and Faculty Libraries, National Libraries Alejandra Galindo, University of Monterrey Economists, Policy Makers

Gerlach Press • Berlin & London • Cicerostr. 37 • D-10709 Berlin • Germany Telephone +49.30.323 03 111 • Facsimile +49.30.323 56 67 • offi[email protected] • www.gerlach-press.de Contents

Introduction 1 Tim Niblock

1 !e Dynamics of the BRICS Grouping: Convergences and Disparities with the GCC’s Global Posture and Stances 8 Tim Niblock

2 GCC-BRICS Strategic Cooperation in the New Era: !e Dual Implications of Geoeconomics and Geopolitics 40 Degang Sun

3 Taking BRICS to the GCC: Shaping an Indian Initiative to Promote a BRICS Role in the Gulf Security Scenario 57 Talmiz Ahmad

4 GCC and BRICS: Exploring the Nuclear Energy Cooperation Route 86 Stuti Banerjee

5 United Arab Emirates and Brazil: Ideas, Perceptions and Perspectives of Unlikely Allies 113 Vânia Carvalho Pinto and Danielly Silva Ramos Becard

6 Russia and the GCC Countries: Hard to be Friends but Impossible to Remain Foes 128 Nikolay Kozhanov

7 India in BRICS and Indo-GCC Relations: Assessing Con"icts and Complementarities 154 Shanthie Mariet DSouza and Bibhu Prasad Routray !e Arab States of the Gulf and BRICS

8 China’s One Belt One Road Initiative and its Strategic Connections with Arab Countries in the Gulf 172 Tingyi Wang

9 In Search of a Strategic Partnership: China-Qatar Energy Cooperation, from 1988 to 2015 192 Gafar K. Ahmed

10 A GCC-China Security “Strategic Partnership”: Its Potential and Contours 207 Imad Mansour

11 !e GCC and the BRICS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is China the Main Driver? 223 Gladys Lechini and Maria Noel Dussort

About the Contributors 242

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