Oman: National Challenges and Regional Issues in the Post-Sultan Era

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Titre

Oman: National Challenges and Regional Issues in the Post-Sultan Era

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Créateur

Dazi-Héni, Fatiha Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Date

2017

Résumé

This report outlines the main national and international issues at stake with the potential succession of
Sultan Qaboos, whose health began to decline in 2014. He will be difficult to replace due to his status as the
Father of the Nation who brought the country out of the feudal era. He modernized the state and gave it a
diplomatic role as a mediator which has become extremely valuable in a region constantly on the brink of
tensions and conflicts. In the short term, his successor will be faced with a difficult task due to falling oil
prices affecting the economy. In the medium term, the challenge will be to revive a social contract that is
running out of steam. However Oman’s diplomatic role as a mediator in the region and an intermediary
between Washington and Tehran, along with its strategic position at a crossroads on the Silk Road play in the
country’s favour in getting regional and global players to support the post-Qaboos Sultanate

Editeur

IRSEM Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Place

Paris

Langue

eng

Numéro

41

pages

12

Dazi-Héni, Fatiha, “Oman: National Challenges and Regional Issues in the Post-Sultan Era”, IRSEM, 2017, bibliographie, consulté le 18 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/10344