Joseph Kostiner
Biographic Data
| ID | 1207508 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Kostiner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Kostiner |
| SIGNATURE | KOSTINER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sokoine University of Agriculture |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Struggle For South Yemen
South Yemen was long a key spot in the strategic geography of the West. Before the Second World War, it was important for the British as an outpost on the way to India. From the mid-1940s it was a crucial gateway to the oil rich Arabian Peninsular and a vital area in the context of superpower rivalry. This book, first published in 1984, traces the development of nationalist sentiment in South Yemen and the emergence of the two main groups in the …
Struggle for South Yemen
South Yemen's Revolutionary Strategy, 1970-1985: From Insurgency to Bloc Politics
This study focuses on South Yemen's attempts to instigate, maintain and defend a revolutionary process in its neighboring regions during 1970–1985. It also analyzes the elites' strategy-making according to their known cultural, social and political inclinations.
Conflict and Cooperation in the Gulf Region
The course at hand entitled Cooperation and Conflict in the Gulf Region is part of the module Conflict and Cooperation in International Relations of our B.A. Politics and Organization. Hence its subje
Saudi Arabia and the Arab–Israeli Peace Process: The Fluctuation of Regional Coordination
This article aims to demonstrate that since the 1970s Saudi Arabia had exercised a policy of regional coordination among Middle Eastern states, and between them and the United States. This policy stems from Saudi leaders' understanding that regional conflict mediation has been, and still is, the best strategy to achieve the Saudi Kingdom's security. This strategy developed into an all embracing perception of playing the role of regional coordinat…
Middle East Monarchies: The Challenge of Modernity
A discussion of the fundamentals and performance of monarchies in the Middle East. The authors focus on four themes: the roots and characteristics of Middle East monarchies; the causes of collapse or longevity; the performance of present-day monarchies; and the problems they face.
The Arab states of the Gulf before and after the second Gulf crisis
The books reviewed here relate to two broad suppositions, on which they help to shed some light. One is the Arab Gulf leaders' unawareness and their States' insufficient preparations for an Iraqi invasion, despite some early warning indications. The second is the Arab Gulf states' cumbersome attempts to establish an effective and inclusive regional security strategy in the post-'Desert Storm' period, a process which was also burdened by Gulf stat…
From Jedda to Cairo: The failure of Arab mediation in the Gulf Crisis
State, Islam and opposition in Saudi Arabia: The post-desert storm phase
This article reviews the status of Saudi opposition groups in the period following the Second Gulf War. The historical roots of opposition to the monarchy are traced, and it is noted that although the monarchy did successfully consolidate its authority and adapt over time, the presence of groups critical of the government and its Islamic and administrative positions have remained. Recently economic, leadership and security crises have given rise …
The Making of Saudi Arabia, 1916-1936: From Chieftaincy to Monarchical State
The Struggle for South Yemen
The Making of Saudi Arabia 1916—1936: From Chieftaincy to Manarchical State
The period covered in this book saw Saudi Arabia emerge as the state we know today. With British backing, the Saudi state expanded from its Najdi origins eastweard, westward, northward and southward, embracing at the end of the period, the greater part of the Arabian peninsula. Kostiner focuses in particular on the development of the political role of the chieftaincy into a more centralized political structure. Ibn Saud emerged as the most promin…
Saudi Arabia's Territorial Expansion: The Case of Kuwayt, 1916-1921
SaUdi Arabia's Territorial Expansion
Tribes and state formation in the Middle East
Offering a fuller understanding of the complexities and particular patterns of state formation in regions where tribes have exercised a significant influence, this volume focuss on the continuing existence of tribal structures and systems in contemporary times, within contemporary nation-states. The contributors offer hypotheses as to why these groups have managed to survive and what impact they have had on modern states [...] --backcover.
On instruments and their designers: The Ikhwan of Najd and the emergence of the Saudi state
During the period between 1917 and 1930 the Ikhwan played ap active role in the wars and political events of the sultanate of Najd (the nucleus state of Saudi Arabia). In writings on Saudi Arabia the Ikhwan have featured prominently; their way of life, ideology, practices and political activities are still a major focus in any discussion of the history of this country and its neighbours. With one exception, writers have described the Ikhwan in a …
Arab radical politics: Al‐Qawmiyyun al‐Arab and the marxists in the turmoil of South Yemen, 1963–1967
The modern history of South Yemen is the result of the interplay of two characteristic elements. On the one hand there is its rigid, traditional, quasi-tribal stratification and unstable political system. ' On the other, there is a certain degree of openness and change. These contradictory qualities derive from the unique encounter of traditionalism and social rigidity, with British domination; from a stable though limited relationship with the n…
On instruments and their designers: The Ikhwan of Najd and the emergence of the Saudi state
During the period between 1917 and 1930 the Ikhwan played ap active role in the wars and political events of the sultanate of Najd (the nucleus state of Saudi Arabia). In writings on Saudi Arabia the Ikhwan have featured prominently; their way of life, ideology, practices and political activities are still a major focus in any discussion of the history of this country and its neighbours. With one exception, writers have described the Ikhwan in a …
Saudi Arabia and the Arab–Israeli Peace Process: The Fluctuation of Regional Coordination
This article aims to demonstrate that since the 1970s Saudi Arabia had exercised a policy of regional coordination among Middle Eastern states, and between them and the United States. This policy stems from Saudi leaders' understanding that regional conflict mediation has been, and still is, the best strategy to achieve the Saudi Kingdom's security. This strategy developed into an all embracing perception of playing the role of regional coordinat…
State, Islam and opposition in Saudi Arabia: The post-desert storm phase
This article reviews the status of Saudi opposition groups in the period following the Second Gulf War. The historical roots of opposition to the monarchy are traced, and it is noted that although the monarchy did successfully consolidate its authority and adapt over time, the presence of groups critical of the government and its Islamic and administrative positions have remained. Recently economic, leadership and security crises have given rise …
Arab radical politics: Al‐Qawmiyyun al‐Arab and the marxists in the turmoil of South Yemen, 1963–1967
The modern history of South Yemen is the result of the interplay of two characteristic elements. On the one hand there is its rigid, traditional, quasi-tribal stratification and unstable political system. ' On the other, there is a certain degree of openness and change. These contradictory qualities derive from the unique encounter of traditionalism and social rigidity, with British domination; from a stable though limited relationship with the n…
On instruments and their designers: The Ikhwan of Najd and the emergence of the Saudi state
During the period between 1917 and 1930 the Ikhwan played ap active role in the wars and political events of the sultanate of Najd (the nucleus state of Saudi Arabia). In writings on Saudi Arabia the Ikhwan have featured prominently; their way of life, ideology, practices and political activities are still a major focus in any discussion of the history of this country and its neighbours. With one exception, writers have described the Ikhwan in a …
Tribes and state formation in the Middle East
Offering a fuller understanding of the complexities and particular patterns of state formation in regions where tribes have exercised a significant influence, this volume focuss on the continuing existence of tribal structures and systems in contemporary times, within contemporary nation-states. The contributors offer hypotheses as to why these groups have managed to survive and what impact they have had on modern states [...] --backcover.
The Making of Saudi Arabia 1916—1936: From Chieftaincy to Manarchical State
The period covered in this book saw Saudi Arabia emerge as the state we know today. With British backing, the Saudi state expanded from its Najdi origins eastweard, westward, northward and southward, embracing at the end of the period, the greater part of the Arabian peninsula. Kostiner focuses in particular on the development of the political role of the chieftaincy into a more centralized political structure. Ibn Saud emerged as the most promin…
Saudi Arabia's Territorial Expansion: The Case of Kuwayt, 1916-1921
SaUdi Arabia's Territorial Expansion
The Making of Saudi Arabia, 1916-1936: From Chieftaincy to Monarchical State
The Struggle for South Yemen
From Jedda to Cairo: The failure of Arab mediation in the Gulf Crisis
State, Islam and opposition in Saudi Arabia: The post-desert storm phase
This article reviews the status of Saudi opposition groups in the period following the Second Gulf War. The historical roots of opposition to the monarchy are traced, and it is noted that although the monarchy did successfully consolidate its authority and adapt over time, the presence of groups critical of the government and its Islamic and administrative positions have remained. Recently economic, leadership and security crises have given rise …
The Arab states of the Gulf before and after the second Gulf crisis
The books reviewed here relate to two broad suppositions, on which they help to shed some light. One is the Arab Gulf leaders' unawareness and their States' insufficient preparations for an Iraqi invasion, despite some early warning indications. The second is the Arab Gulf states' cumbersome attempts to establish an effective and inclusive regional security strategy in the post-'Desert Storm' period, a process which was also burdened by Gulf stat…
Middle East Monarchies: The Challenge of Modernity
A discussion of the fundamentals and performance of monarchies in the Middle East. The authors focus on four themes: the roots and characteristics of Middle East monarchies; the causes of collapse or longevity; the performance of present-day monarchies; and the problems they face.
Conflict and Cooperation in the Gulf Region
The course at hand entitled Cooperation and Conflict in the Gulf Region is part of the module Conflict and Cooperation in International Relations of our B.A. Politics and Organization. Hence its subje
Saudi Arabia and the Arab–Israeli Peace Process: The Fluctuation of Regional Coordination
This article aims to demonstrate that since the 1970s Saudi Arabia had exercised a policy of regional coordination among Middle Eastern states, and between them and the United States. This policy stems from Saudi leaders' understanding that regional conflict mediation has been, and still is, the best strategy to achieve the Saudi Kingdom's security. This strategy developed into an all embracing perception of playing the role of regional coordinat…
South Yemen's Revolutionary Strategy, 1970-1985: From Insurgency to Bloc Politics
This study focuses on South Yemen's attempts to instigate, maintain and defend a revolutionary process in its neighboring regions during 1970–1985. It also analyzes the elites' strategy-making according to their known cultural, social and political inclinations.
The Struggle For South Yemen
South Yemen was long a key spot in the strategic geography of the West. Before the Second World War, it was important for the British as an outpost on the way to India. From the mid-1940s it was a crucial gateway to the oil rich Arabian Peninsular and a vital area in the context of superpower rivalry. This book, first published in 1984, traces the development of nationalist sentiment in South Yemen and the emergence of the two main groups in the …
Struggle for South Yemen
Political science (15 works) · History (14 works) · Ancient history (13 works) · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (11 works) · Law (8 works) · Socioeconomic Development in MENA (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · History (7 works) · Islamic Studies and History (7 works) · History (6 works)