INDEX201
Farsoun, Samih, 87
France, 29, 50, 66, 137– 138, 166
Freeman, Charles “Chas,” 14
Fujairah (UAE), 17– 19
Gabaa, Fahd al- , 136– 137
gas. See natural gas
Gause, F. Gregory, III, 88–90
geological strata: Cretaceous zones, 32;
Upper Jurassic, 32
Ghawar oilfield (Saudi Arabia), 2, 33,
168– 172
Golan Heights (Syria), 47
Greeks, 23
greenhouse gas (GHG), 3, 45, 59, 165– 166
gross domestic product (GDP), 2– 3, 12,
19, 21– 22, 58, 69– 70, 74, 77, 80, 97, 99;
per capita, GCC, 74, 102, 104, 132,
165, 171
G20, 140
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), 11– 13,
16, 21– 23, 26, 68, 72– 73, 91, 113– 114,
117, 139, 142, 145, 152– 153, 156– 158
Gulf News (Dubai), 105
Gulf of Mexico, 89
Gulf Oil, 36, 39, 44, 48
Gwadar, 23
hajj pilgrims, 26
Hasawi Shia, 9, 138
Hasin, Abdullah al- (Saudi minister of
electricity and water), 126, 132
Hassyan coal- fired power plant (Dubai),
94– 95
Herb, Michael, 17, 88
hereditary sheikhly rule, 9– 10
Hertog, Steffen, 89
Hijazis, 14
Homer, 149
Hotelling, Harold, 84
Human Rights Watch, 153
Hussein, Saddam (president of Iraq), 2, 163
hydrocarbons. See oil
Ibadi, sect of Islam, 21
IEA. See International Energy Agency
Ikhwan. See Muslim Brotherhood
Imam Jafar al- Sadiq Mosque (Kuwait),
136– 137
IMF. See International Monetary Fund
Imperial Airways, 26
Imperial College of London, 85
Indian Ocean, 21
Indonesia, 29, 38, 45, 96, 164
International Energy Agency (IEA), 3, 57,
68, 73, 93
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 82, 93,
97, 100, 102, 139– 140, 171
international oil companies (IOCs), 36,
39– 45, 48– 49
Iran, Islamic Republic of, 15, 20– 21, 23, 29,
38, 41, 43– 45, 49– 50, 56, 58, 64, 72– 73,
79, 97– 103, 109– 111, 115, 117, 125, 136,
151– 152, 163, 166; Iranian Revolution,
66; nuclear program, 101; subsidy reform
in, 99– 103. See also Persia
Iraq, 9, 11, 13, 15– 17, 29, 41, 44, 49– 50,
72– 73, 114, 117, 136– 138, 151, 163
Islam, 8, 13– 14, 17, 20– 21, 27, 45, 60,
136– 137
Islamic State (ISIS), 137– 139, 151; influence
on subsidy reform, 138
Israel, 42, 45– 48
Istanbul, 9
Japan, 2, 29, 50, 66– 67, 69– 70, 92– 93, 164
Jebel Dukhan (Smoky Mountain) (Bahrain),
29– 31, 35, 171
Jeddah, 9, 26, 46
Jerusalem, 45– 46
Jordan, Kingdom of, 11, 96
Jubail (Saudi Arabia), 160– 161
Jungers, Frank (Aramco), 46
Karbala, 13
Khaleeji, 28, 60
Khalifa, al- (ruling family of Bahrain), 24