Security in the Persian Gulf Origins, Obstacles, and the Search for Consensus

by Potter, Lawrence G.; Sick, Gary G.

• ISBN13: 9780312239503
• ISBN10: 0312239505
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-12
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book is a follow-up volume to the editors' acclaimed The Persian Gulf at the Millennium: Essays in Politics, Economy, Security and Religion. The editors have assembled a number of leading experts on the Persian Gulf to reflect on factors affecting security there in the 21st century. Most contributors are from the region itself and for the first time share the results of ongoing research with an outside audience. The chapters profile the diverse society in the Gulf and the historical pattern of Gulf security before focusing on current security concerns between Iran and the Arab states. They explore the mutual perceptions of the peoples of the Gulf today and the role of the new generation in shaping its future.

Author Biography

Lawrence G. Potter is Deputy Director of Gulf/2000 and Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Affairs at Columbia University.

Gary G. Sick is Executive Director of the Gulf/2000 Project at Columbia University, where he is also Adjunct Professor of International Affairs. He formerly served on the US National Security Council.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(7)
Lawrence G. Potter
Gary G. Sick
The Historical Pattern of Gulf Security	7	(26)
J. E. Peterson
The Gulf's Ethnic Diversity: An Evolutionary History	33	(58)
M. R. Izady
The Erosion of Consensus: Perceptions of GCC States of a Changing Region	91	(18)
Ibrahim A. Karawan
A Regional Security System in the Persian Gulf	109	(26)
Saideh Lotfian
On the Persian Gulf Islands: An Iranian Perspective	135	(20)
Jalil Roshandel
The Islands Question: An Arabian Perspective	155	(16)
Hassan Al-Alkim
Anything but Black and White: A Commentary on the Lower Gulf Islands Dispute	171	(18)
Richard Schofield
The New Generation in Saudi Arabia: Cultural Change, Political Identity, and Regime Security	189	(18)
Mai Yamani
The Coming Generation in Iran: Challenges and Opportunities	207	(10)
Mohammad Hadi Semati
Mutual Realities, Perceptions, and Impediments Between the GCC States and Iran	217	(22)
Abdullah K. Alshayji
Mutual Perceptions in the Persian Gulf Region: An Iranian Perspective	239	(14)
Bijan Khajehpour-Khoei
Iraq and the Gulf Since 1991: The Search for Deliverance	253	(22)
Raad Alkadiri
Contributors	275	(4)
Index	279