This study assesses the cooperative relationship of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Oman. Beyond providing an evolutionary analysis of the council's cooperative relations, it argues that the …
This research examines the threat perceptions and different responses of states in dealing with common threats perceptions. Balancing strategies such as armament and alliance with other states are mainly the consequence of threats or perceived threats in states’ internal and ext…
The objectives of this research were to identify the major factors influencing intercity mode choice and to develop intercity mode choice models based on totally disaggregated data. Previous work in this area developed only "pseudo-disaggregate" models. The transportation system…
The goal of this study was to examine attitudes toward the environment in the Middle East. The current study assessed the relationship between severity of environmental problems and attitudes toward the environment in Bahrain, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. It studied the extent to w…
This thesis is originally set out to document and critically assess employee performance appraisal practices in Bahraini companies. However, preliminary research findings suggest an additional research endeavour—namely, the role of gender bias (if any) in the performance apprais…
Two natural soils from Bahrain were used in this study to investigate the feasibility of using Arabian oil residue as a means to stabilize collapsible saline soils. Since the presence of oil residue in soils can pose an environmental threat, the high oil retention capability of …
Over the past five years there has been slow but steady improvement in relations between the Gulf States and the Soviet Union. This improvement can be observed in diplomatic, commercial, and cultural spheres. Moreover, the improvement in relations marked a change from the animos…
The linkage between strategy and information technology (IT) has received much attention in recent years. An excellent match between strategy and IT has been prescribed by many authors and researchers as an important recipe for higher organizational effectiveness and stronger co…
As part of the evaluation of a first-year preparatory program, the question, "What is development?" is explored from a wholistic and Islamic perspective. The study was stimulated by concern for appropriateness of educational development programs imported from the West and plante…
A Finite Element-Boundary Element model, FMBMFRC, is developed to simulate a highly fractured local domain and a surrounding homogeneous porous regional domain. The fractured local domain is discretized by the FEM and the fractured flow condition is simulated using the Double-Po…
This study examines the ability of Britain to maximize the benefits and minimize the costs of retreat from empire, taking as a case study changes in Britain's relationships with the Arab states of the lower Gulf--Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (formerly the Tru…
This thesis examines how the monarchial regime of the al-Khalifa dynasty of Bahrain has skillfully tailored the tools of statecraft, both in international diplomacy and domestic policy, for one primary objective: to restrain attempts for democratic reform in order to sustain the…
The survival of eight monarchies in the Middle East to nearly the end of the twentieth century poses several puzzles for students of political development. I examine two issues in the political development of the monarchies: (1) how have eight monarchies in the region have survi…
Rapid and radical socioeconomic transformations have accompanied the development of the hydrocarbon-exporting economies of the Arab Gulf states. The six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are some of the largest recipients of labor migrants in the world, and the region has th…
The last 30 years have witnessed the appearance and rapid expansion of Islamic financial institutions operating both inside and outside the Islamic world. Islamic financial organisations are now operating in Western countries such as the UK, the US as well as most Islamic countr…
Background Industrially manufactured herbal medicines (HMs) are historically popular and their consumption continues to increase. As HMs use increases, identification of adverse effects occur more frequently. In some countries' national drug regulatory authorities (DRAs), clear …