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Produkt Qatar and the Gulf Crisis (Ulrichsen Kristian Coates)(Pevná vazba) popisuje EAN kód 9781787382077.
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Introduction.- Chapter I: Perceptions and Divisions in Security and Defence Structures in Arab Gulf States.- Chapter II: Tribe and Tribalism: The Trojan Horse of GCC States?.- Chapter III: Bitter Brethren: Freud's Narcissism of Minor Differences and the Gulf Divide.- Chapter IV: The UAE, Qatar and
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