Crises in the contemporary Persian Gulf
By: edited by Barry Rubin
Contributors: Rubin, Barry M
Series: BESA studies in international security
Publisher: Frank Cass
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: National security -- Persian Gulf Region; Persian Gulf Region -- Strategic aspects; Persian Gulf Region -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: The Persian Gulf amid global and regional crises / Barry Rubin; title: Imperfect alliances: will the gulf monarchies work together? / Turki al-Hamad; title: What wealth cannot buy: UAE security at the turn of the twenty-first century / Sean Foley; title: The enigma of political stability in the Persian Gulf monarchies / Daniel L. Byman and Jerrold D. Green; title: Kuwait and the economics of socio-economic change / Shafeeq Ghabra; title: Saudi Arabia: elements of instability within stability / Daryl Champion; title: The Gulf states and the American umbrella / Jon B. Alterman; title: Contradictions in US policy on Iraq and its consequences / Amin Tarzi; title: Saddam's state, Iraq's politics and foreign policy / Amatzia Baram; title: Living with a nuclear Iran? / Michael Eisenstadt; title: Iran and weapons of mass destruction / Seth Carus; title: The internal struggle over Iran's future / Abbas Samii