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Zibaoui, O. (2019). La femme omanaise entre héritage et modernité. In G. Sassine (Ed.), La femme omanaise sur le chemin de la parité (pp. 49–56). L’Harmattan.

Sharji, S. M. al-. (2019). Oman : une expérience migratoire et brassage de cultures. In G. Sassine (Ed.), La femme omanaise sur le chemin de la parité (pp. 41–48). L’Harmattan.

Lawati, S. al-. (2019). La femme dans le processus omanais de développement. In G. Sassine (Ed.), La femme omanaise sur le chemin de la parité (pp. 23–40). L’Harmattan.

Médevielle, P. (2019). L’égalité est un tournant sociétal progressif. In G. Sassine (Ed.), La femme omanaise sur le chemin de la parité (pp. 21–22). L’Harmattan.

Rawas, I. al-. (2019). Il y a 6000 ans, une femme, la reine Shamsa, a dirigé Oman ? In G. Sassine (Ed.), La femme omanaise sur le chemin de la parité (pp. 19–20). L’Harmattan.

Bockel, J.-M. (2019). Oman, un exemple positif d’application du droit de la femme. In G. Sassine (Ed.), La femme omanaise sur le chemin de la parité (pp. 15–18). L’Harmattan.

Sassine, G. (Ed.). (2019). La femme omanaise sur le chemin de la parité. L’Harmattan.

Bahgat, G. (2023). Security in the Gulf: The View from Oman. Middle East Policy, 30(1), 98–109. https://doi.org/10.1111/mepo.12678

For a long time, analysts of the Middle East have justifiably focused their attention on Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, three Gulf states holding massive hydrocarbon deposits and financial resources. Their leaders are the main “movers and shakers” of regional affairs and enjoy tremendous influence on the international scene. Still, other Gulf states play significant roles in shaping the Middle East's economic and strategic landscape. Such is the case with Oman, which has been a major US ally in most regional crises and has played a crucial role in mediating Gulf conflicts. This article, based on several visits to the sultanate and interviews with senior officials, analyzes the domestic, regional, and international dynamics being navigated by Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, who succeeded Sultan Qaboos bin Said in January 2020. The argument is that the new Omani leader is likely to follow the domestic and foreign policies of his predecessor, with minor adjustments. Oman may witness major changes when Crown Prince Theyazin succeeds his father. For now, given the crucial role Muscat plays in mediating regional conflicts, the sultanate expects more attention from its counterparts in Washington.

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Chatty, D. (2023). Contestation and Co-optation in the Desert Landscapes of Oman. In M. E. Limbert & N. Fuccaro (Eds.), Life Worlds of Middle Eastern Oil: Histories and Ethnographies of Black Gold (pp. 328–353). Edinburgh University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/life-worlds-of-middle-eastern-oil/contestation-and-cooptation-in-the-desert-landscapes-of-oman/B57A9C9979A869D0018D6009B9370C56

Mobile peoples in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world have faced enormous pressure throughout the twentieth and twentieth-first centuries to change their way of life, to settle down and remain in one place. The notion that a settled existence is more modern than a mobile one continues to dominate expert thinking as a continuation of late nineteenth-century social evolutionist theories of the progress of civilisation. Most of the modern nation-states of the Middle East have approached their mobile pastoral peoples with a determined view to making them stay put in one place and give up their pastoral subsistence livelihoods. Settlement schemes, it was assumed, would assure political and economic control over these difficult-to-emplace-and-control peoples. The development aid efforts, both bi-lateral and international, throughout the twentieth century followed these same biases and were designed to make mobile or nomadic peoples ‘modern’, using principles developed during the colonial era such as terra nullius, which declared all land not held privately as empty, and thus belonging to the state so that it could be disposed of or developed as the state wished. By the end of the twentieth century, most pastoral peoples’ grazing lands had been expropriated and sed-entarisation schemes of one sort or another were the mechanisms of choice. Pastoral peoples in Oman, however, had some success in challenging the notion of terra nullius in the deserts of the country. A younger generation of ‘citizen’ herders have been able to parlay further multinational oil industry intervention to support their continued mobility in the deserts of Oman and subsistence pastoral livelihoods.I begin the chapter with a brief examination of the ways in which mobile pastoral communities in the Middle East have faced and then navigated around government land expropriation and sedentarisation efforts to create multi-resource livelihood successes without always being forced to settle. I then examine the situation in Oman, where a more ‘enlightened’ state policy regarding settlement was enacted and where oil concerns have been paramount. Determined to provide social benefits to its mobile pastoral communities without forcing them to settle, the government of Oman extended basic services to these communities late into the twentieth century.

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Tekir, G. (2022). The Maritime Silk Road: Implications for Oman’s Foreign Policy. Ortadoğu Etütleri, 13(4), 465–492. https://doi.org/10.47932/ortetut.1061525

This study seeks to analyze the implications of Oman’s participation in the Maritime Silk Road, which is the maritime component of the Belt and Road Initiative, announced in 2013 by the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping. Sultan Qaboos has transformed Oman from an isolated and backward country to an active political mediator in the region. Oman’s neutral stance and diplomatic connections with every political actor in the region differentiate Oman from the rest of the Gulf countries. Geographically, Oman is situated in the intersection of the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean. Historically, Oman ruled South Asian and East African coasts, extending its influence. The geographical position and historical legacy make Oman as a key country for the Maritime Silk Road. Thus, participation of Oman in the Belt and Road Initiative is invaluable in the eyes of the Chinese policymakers. Omani policymakers, who want to diversify Oman’s economy, welcome Chinese investments. However, increasing Chinese involvement in Oman’s economy might harm Oman’s sovereignty because of Chinese practice of using debts as exerting pressure on the lending states’ sovereignty. Moreover, the intensified competition between the USA and China in the Indian Ocean could compromise Oman’s neutral stance. Yet, Sultan Qaboos’ legacy is followed by Omani policymakers. While benefiting Chinese economic investments, Oman performs balancing acts against China.

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Ramani, S. (2021). Deterrence through Diplomacy: Oman’s Dialogue Facilitation Initiatives during the Yemeni Civil War. Middle East Journal, 75(2), 285–303. https://doi.org/10.3751/75.2.15

In contrast to other states in the Gulf Cooperation Council, Oman has declined to participate in the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen and has opted to facilitate dialogue between the conflict's warring parties. Oman has embraced a strategy of diplomatic deterrence in Yemen, facilitating dialogue to counter the perceived threats that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates pose to its foreign policy independence. The article explores how the Sultanate's diplomatic deterrence strategy manifests at the local, regional, and international levels, building on English- and Arabic-language source material and interviews.

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Guirado Alonso, J. (2022). Muscat and Sultan Qaboos: The Omanization of Muscat and the Muscatization of Oman. In A. J. Fromherz & A. al-Salimi (Eds.), Sultan Qaboos and modern Oman, 1970-2020 (pp. 352–368). Edinburgh University Press.

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Foley, S. (2022). Public Health and the Omani Renaissance. In A. J. Fromherz & A. al-Salimi (Eds.), Sultan Qaboos and modern Oman, 1970-2020 (pp. 311–341). Edinburgh University Press.

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Peterson, J. E. (2022). Nation and State in Oman: The Initial Impact of 1970. In A. J. Fromherz & A. al-Salimi (Eds.), Sultan Qaboos and modern Oman, 1970-2020 (pp. 262–282). Edinburgh University Press.

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Kharusi, S. al-. (2022). Constitutional Reforms During the Reign of Sultan Qaboos. In A. J. Fromherz & A. al-Salimi (Eds.), Sultan Qaboos and modern Oman, 1970-2020 (pp. 231–261). Edinburgh University Press.

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Hoffman, V. J. (2022). In the Middle of a Reign. In A. J. Fromherz & A. al-Salimi (Eds.), Sultan Qaboos and modern Oman, 1970-2020 (pp. 209–230). Edinburgh University Press.

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Salimi, A. al-. (2022). From the First Renaissance to the Second: The Historical and Legal Basis for the Sultanate. In A. J. Fromherz & A. al-Salimi (Eds.), Sultan Qaboos and modern Oman, 1970-2020 (pp. 155–184). Edinburgh University Press.