Fraternal Enemies

‘Thorough, detailed, and timely.’ -- Foreign Affairs
A compact and well-written book.’ -- Survival
‘A timely contribution to Middle Eastern studies, raising more questions in the reader’s mind, in addition to providing a wide historical perspective on controversies and conflicts of interest.’ -- Global Policy
‘Fraternal Enemies is a must read … an excellent theoretical roadmap, reinforced by superb empirics … [this] prescient and timely account … represents a welcome addition to the shelf of policymakers and scholars seeking a nuanced realist theorisation of conflict and cooperation in the Middle East.’ -- LSE Review of Books
‘'Fraternal Enemies' meticulously documents the dramatic increase in high-level engagement and co-operation between Israel and the Arab Gulf monarchies… Clive Jones and Yoel Guzansky have produced a critically important framework through which to understand the complexities surrounding the new regional order. Fraternal Enemies is an essential read for anyone hoping to understand the intricacies of the evolving relationship and the latest shift in contemporary Middle East politics.’
'One could not imagine a timelier book ... Jones and Guzansky offer us a very useful guide to Israel-Gulf relations that is well-researched, theoretically informed, and empirically based.' -- The Middle East Journal
'Jones and Guzansky’s study offers an insightful […] examination of the bilateral relationships that Israel has forged with some of the Sunni Arab states of the Persian Gulf. Their work clearly merits the close attention of everyone with an interest in this aspect of Israeli foreign policy.' -- Israel Affairs
'Fresh, perceptive and extremely timely. Jones and Guzansky paint a vivid picture of the relationship between Israel and the Gulf States. A treasure trove of rich empirical data that adds much to our knowledge of an important and critical topic.' -- Mehran Kamrava, Professor and Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University Qatar’s School of Foreign Service
'A clear, succinct and very useful guide for exploring this rapidly developing topic. Jones and Guzansky set out for readers the sum of Israel-Gulf relations as they have developed historically and where they stand today.' -- Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Fellow for the Middle East at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy
'An impeccably sourced and rigorously analytical account of how shared hostility to Iran and Islamists has forged increasingly visible security and trade links between Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other Gulf states, despite the continuing impasse in the ever-emotive Palestinian question.' -- Ian Black, author of 'Enemies and Neighbours: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017'