Oil and Water
Co-Operative Security in the Persian Gulf
Published on 12. April 2001
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-86064-625-6 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of work by experts from the Persian Gulf region, Europe and the USA covers the theoretical foundations in the international relations of the region and suggests pragmatic solutions to the security problems of the Persian Gulf states stemming from the question of water resources.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 map
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86064-625-6 (9781860646256)
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Content
Introduction - regional security - from conflict formation to security community, Bjorn Moller; Iran in the emerging greater Middle East, Gulshan Dietl; regional security challenges - a GCC perspective, Jamal S. al-Suwaidi; the Caspian Sea geo-political game - the United States versus Iran, Gawdat Bahgat; the "Sevres syndrome" - Turkish foreign policy and its historical legacy, Dietrich Jung; Turkish-Israeli military agreements and regional security in the Gulf, Wolfango Piccoli; Israel and Iran -prospects for detente, Gawdat Bahgat; the never-ending Iraqi crisis - dual containment and the "new world order", Bjorn Moller; intervention, sovereignty and Iraq - absorbing and deflecting the blows, Anthony McDermott; towards cooperative security in the Persian Gulf, Jalil Roshandel; Iraq and the unipolar world order, Birthe Hansen; Iran-EU-USA relations seen through the Rushdie affair, Lars Erslev Andersen; troubled waters - triple track diplomacy in the Persian Gulf, Majod Tehranian; conclusion -alternatives to dual containment, Bjorn Moller.