origins, obstacles, and the search for consensus /
edited by Lawrence G. Potter and Gary G. Sick
284 pages :
map ;
25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
The historical pattern of Gulf security / J.E. Peterson -- The Gulf's ethnic diversity: an evolutionary history / M.R. Izady -- The erosion of consensus: perceptions of GCC states of a changing region / Ibrahim A. Karawan -- A regional security system in the Persian Gulf / Saideh Lotfian -- On the Persian Gulf Islands: an Iranian perspective / Jalil Roshandel -- The Islands question: an Arabian perspective / Hassan Al Alkim -- Anything but black and white: a commentary on the lower gulf islands dispute / Richard Schofield -- The new generation in Saudi Arabia: cultural change, political identity, and regime security / Mai Yamani -- The coming generation in Iran: challenges and opportunities / Hadi Semati -- Mutual realities, perceptions and impediments between the GCC states and Iran / Abdullah K. Alshayji -- Mutual perceptions in the Persian Gulf region: an Iranian perspective / Bijan Khajehpour Khouei -- Iraq and the gulf since 1991: the search for deliverance / Raad Alkadiri
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This book is a follow-up volume to the acclaimed The Persian Gulf at the Millennium: Essays in Politics, Economy, Security and Religion, published by St. Martin's Press in 1997. The same editors, who direct the Gulf/2000 Project at Columbia University, have assembled a number of leading experts on the Persian Gulf to reflect on factors affecting security there in the twenty-first 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