Strategic Hedging in the Arab Peninsula

<p><em>Strategic Hedging in the Arab Peninsula: The Politics of the Gulf-Asian Rapprochement</em> offers a new perspective on the geopolitics of Gulf-Asian relations. Jean-Loup Samaan explores the dynamics underpinning the evolution of strategic partnerships between the Gulf States and Asian partners. He looks at how Gulf countries have pursued a diversification strategy in response to the risk of a potential retreat from the region on the part of traditional partners such as the US and argues that rather than being the result of a deliberate common policy on the part of the Gulf States this trend derives from unilateral choices by Gulf leaders best explained by the concept of ‘strategic hedging’.</p>