The Reshaping Oil and Arms Trade between the United States and GCC: Is the Theory of Complex Interdependence Still Prevailing?
Journal of Asian and African Studies, vol.57, no.7, pp.1430-1445, 2022 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 57 Issue: 7
- Publication Date: 2022
- Doi Number: 10.1177/00219096211058880
- Journal Name: Journal of Asian and African Studies
- Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, American History and Life, Anthropological Literature, ATLA Religion Database, Geobase, Historical Abstracts, Index Islamicus, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Political Science Complete, Public Affairs Index, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
- Page Numbers: pp.1430-1445
- Keywords: Arms trade, complex interdependence theory, GCC countries, oil trade, the United States, ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE, INTERNATIONAL-RELATIONS, CONFLICT, HEGEMONY, SECURITY, EMPIRE, POWER
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Ankara University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
© The Author(s) 2021.This paper makes use of interdependence theory to analyse the historical development of the economic relations between the GCC countries and the United States. The focus will be on oil and arms trade between the GCC countries and the United States. The results show that while the military and security dependence of the GCC countries on the United States remains relatively intact, the dependence of the United States on the natural resources of the GCC region has decreased. In light of this, the paper suggests that the historical interdependence between the GCC countries and the United States has recently evolved into a unilateral dependence and that the GCC countries’ natural resources are directed towards Asian countries.