author | Insight Turkey https://www.insightturkey.com/ author EN authorAfter the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies, argues that “traditional monarchy as a legitimate regime type in the region is soon going to reach the end of its lifespan, especially as most of the Gulf states are now caught in a pincer movement of pressures between unsustainable wealth distribution mechanisms and increasingly powerful ‘super modernizing forces’ that can no longer be controlled or co-opted by political elites”.https://www.insightturkey.com/author/ibrahim-enes-aksu/after-the-sheikhs-the-coming-collapse-of-the-gulf-monarchieshttps://www.insightturkey.com/author/ibrahim-enes-aksu/after-the-sheikhs-the-coming-collapse-of-the-gulf-monarchiesTue, 24 Mar 2020 16:32:00 GMT