Introduction : paradise found -- Over a barrel -- Neighbourhood watch -- Tax americana -- Thy brother's keeper -- Bloc party -- Sheikh down -- Self-defence -- Oil change -- Divided we stand -- The hub -- Conclusion : (in) capacitated

Introduction / Tim Callen, Reda Cherif, and Fuad Hasanov -- Soaring of the Gulf Falcons : diversification in the GCC Oil Exporters in Seven Propositions / Reda Cherif and Fuad Hasanov -- The Riddle of Diversification / Clement M. Henry -- Going Beyond Comparative Advantage : how Singapore Did It...

Part I. Globalisation and the Gulf -- The Gulf and the global economy -- Small states in world politics -- State capitalism and strategic niches -- Gulf perspectives on the global rebalancing -- Part II. Changing patterns of global engagement -- The internationalisation of Gulf finance --...

Production politics and migrant labour regimes -- The political economy of Singapore's migrant labour regime: state policies and contractor strategies -- Temporary Bagladeshi labour emigrants to Singapore -- Constituting tactical obedience in the workplace -- Labour conflict and the restoration...

We study the political economy of migration policies in oil-rich Gulf countries focusing on two policy dimensions: a) the number of migrants allowed into the country and b) the assimilation of migrants, where less assimilated migrants on short-term contracts remit more. We develop a two goods...

1. Introduction -- 2. International migration, trafficking, smuggling and mixed migration -- 3. Ethiopian labour migration to the Gulf -- 4. Ethiopian irregular migration to South Africa -- 5. Conclusion and ways forward