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Research Facilities in the Arabian Gulf: Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates
Jill Crystal
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

09 March 2016, pp. 175-181
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Social Science Research, especially foreign research, in and on the smaller states of the Arabian Gulf is a very new phenomenon. Only a few serious works on the area have been published in English, leaving an almost limitless opportunity for new research. There is, however, a common misconception that access to these states, at least for American nationals, is strictly limited as it is in neighboring Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. This is not really the case in the sheikhdoms, although it is true that all five states are somewhat wary of research, especially social science research, and the working atmosphere varies from one of relative openness to considerable skepticism. Still, a surprising amount of eminently rewarding research is possible here if one arranges it carefully in advance.

Review of Middle East Studies