Jill Ann Crystal
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. Author of Oil and Politics in the Gulf and others.
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Bahrain, small Arab state situated in a bay on the southwestern coast of the Persian Gulf. It is an archipelago consisting of Bahrain Island and some 30 smaller islands. Its name is from the Arabic term al-baḥrayn, meaning “two seas.” Located in one of the world’s chief oil-producing regions,…
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