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  • 13 Aug 2025
    Justin Dargin

    The Carbon Bargain: Gulf Rentierism in the Age of Climate Reckoning

    What happens when a state is not just funded by carbon—but fundamentally formed by it? In the hydrocarbon-rich monarchies of the Gulf, energy has never been a mere commodity. It has served as the scaffolding of sovereignty, development, and modern statehood. Since the mid-20th century, oil and gas revenues have enabled a political economy rooted […]

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