The Persian Gulf After the Cold War

This is a comprehensive examination of the strategic affairs of the Persian Gulf since the Gulf War of 1991. The authors conclude that the arms race in the Persian Gulf should be controlled, but maintain it is likely to continue because of the clashing strategic perspectives of Saudi Arabia and Iran, and because of the sustained willingness of all major suppliers to find new revenue sources for their declining defense industries in the post-Cold War decade. They also argue that the U.S. should not adopt a policy of isolating or ignoring Iran in its endeavors to find security arrangements in the Persian Gulf, and that a weakened Iraq has become a major source of instability in the Persian Gulf.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Background and Overview by M. E. Ahrari and James H. Noyes
The Outside Powers and the Persian Gulf
Policies of the United States and the CIS: A Post-Cold War Perspective by James H. Noyes
The Persian Gulf: A European Challenge to U.S. Hegemony? by Leon T. Hadar
Dominant Indigenous Players
Iran in the Post-Cold War Persian Gulf Order by M. E. Ahrari
Iraq and the Post-Cold War Order by Ahmad Hashim
The Saudi Role in the New Middle East Order by Joseph Twinam
Strategic Issues and Prospects
Gulf Oil: Geo-Economic and Geo-Strategic Realities in the Post-Cold War and Post-Gulf War Era by David Winterford and Robert E. Looney
Arms Race in the Persian Gulf: The Post-Cold War Dynamics by M. E. Ahrari
The Gulf Cooperation Council: Prospects for Collective Security by Kenneth Katzman
Conclusion: Regional Outlook by M. E. Ahrari and James H. Noyes
Appendix A: The Proliferation of Chemical Weapons in the Middle East and Its Implications
Appendix B: The Proliferation of Ballistic Missiles in Selected Middle Eastern Countries
Selected Bibliography

Über den Autor / die Autorin

MOHAMMED E. AHRARI is Associate Professor of Political Science and Senior Research Fellow for the Center of International Security and Strategic Studies at Mississippi State University.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mohammed E. Ahrari, Ahrari Mohammed E., Noyes James
• Mitarbeit: M. E. Ahrari (Herausgeber), James H. Noyes (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Bloomsbury
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 7 bis 17 Jahre
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.10.1993
• EAN: 9780275944575
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94457-5
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, Middle East, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government policies, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Central government policies, Arms negotiation & control, Arms negotiation and control, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, Arms trade, Military History: Conflict and Wars