Involvement of the Gulf Cooperation Council States in Kosovo: development assistance, soft power, and neofundamentalism.
The development assistance activities of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have prompted debates and scrutiny of how the Gulf countries use assistance or aid for religious soft power goals, which has a potentially destabilizing effect on local religious communities. This article explores how...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Southeast European & Black Sea Studies Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 529 - 548 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2023
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