Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Rentier States towards Diversification: Case Study Gulf States -- Chapter 3 Food Security in the GCC Countries, towards a more Diversified and Sustained Economic Strategies -- Chapter 4 The Evolution of the Economic Relations between Turkey and the GCC...

The 'Gulf Falcons'-the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council-have high living standards as a result of large income flows from oil. The decline of oil prices between summer 2014 and fall 2015 underscores the urgency for the Gulf Falcons to diversify away from their current heavy reliance on...

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: DIVERSIFICATION ATTEMPTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- 1 Soaring of the Gulf Falcons: Diversification in the GCC Oil Exporters in Seven Propositions -- 2 The Riddle of Diversification -- PART II: EXPERIENCES OF...

The "Gulf Falcons"-the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council-have high living standards as a result of large income flows from oil. The decline of oil prices between summer 2014 and fall 2015 underscores the urgency for the Gulf Falcons to diversify away from their current heavy reliance on...