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The Gulf is the first rank of potential global flashpoints. It is the largest market for weapons imports in the world, and is considered to be a vital interest of all the great powers. Iran is viewed as an expansionist threat by the Arab states of the Gulf, who have built considerable militaries in a historically short timeframe. Security in the Gulf, however, is a complicated matter. The Arab states of the Gulf have pursued different defense policies as well as different ways of building up their forces. In some instances, the establishment of a strong military is not just a way to ensure security, but also a way to build a national identity. In other cases, great powers (such as the United States) seek to promote cooperation between the Arab Gulf militaries as an interim step to promote political reform and integration.

ARMS TRANSFERS--PERSIAN GULF REGION --- PERSIAN GULF REGION--ARMED FORCES --- PERSIAN GULF REGION--NATIONAL SECURITY

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Iran's short- and medium range ballistic missiles are instrumental to its military doctrine and deterrence strategy. Yet despite having long faced a direct threat from these missiles, the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council remain unable or unwilling to effectively coordinate and integrate their missile-defence capabilities. They have gained a measure of protection through bilateral procurement of technology and expertise from the United States. But a more strategically efficient approach would be to pool resources such as radars and other sensors, and to integrate their systems in ways that require difficult compromises between state sovereignty and security. Written by a team of IISS experts this report contributes to the ongoing policy debate on Middle Eastern collective security. It examines the development of Iran's missile capabilities over several decades, parallel efforts to counter the threat they pose by Gulf Arab states and the broader evolution of security structures in the region.

BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSES--PERSIAN GULF REGION --- BALLISTIC MISSILES--IRAN

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A lively analysis of the Arab Gulf states' stunning rise to global power over the last half-century and of the daunting challenges they confront today Once just sleepy desert sheikdoms, the Arab Gulf states of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait now exert unprecedented influence on international affairs-the result of their almost unimaginable riches in oil and gas. In this book, Rory Miller, an expert in Gulf politics and international affairs, provides an accessible account of the achievements of these countries since the 1973 global oil crisis. He also investigates how the shrewd Arab Gulf rulers who have overcome crisis after crisis meet the external and internal challenges of the onrushing future. The Arab Gulf region has become an East-West hub for travel, tourism, sport, culture, trade, and finance. But can the autocratic regimes maintain stability at home and influence abroad as they deal with the demands of social and democratic reform? Miller considers an array of factors-Islamism, terrorism, the Arab Spring, volatile oil prices, global power dynamics, and others-to assess the future possibilities.

Persian Gulf Region --- Economic conditions. --- Foreign relations. --- Politics and government.

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"Written by the former chief foreign policy advisor to the Turkish president and based on unprecedented access to official documents and communiques, this book gives the inside story of Turkish US relations from the first Gulf War, through debates on the Iraqi Kurdish question, the 2003 invasion of Iraq and into the present day. Using events in Iraq as the basis for a theoretical case study, Gurcan Balik argues that Turkey influenced US foreign policy on several key occasions, and that Turkish support was instrumental in the first intervention in Iraq. After Iraq's 1991 uprisings, however, Turkey's interests in the Middle East began to diverge from those of the US, and their relationship gradually deteriorated, evident in Turkey's refusal to open up its northern border to aid the US advance to Baghdad in 2003. Balik contends that an 'Iraq gap' then emerged, which has since had major implications for the Turkish economy and for the future of the Middle East.Turkey and the US in the Middle East contains hitherto unpublished primary source material, and is an essential addition to the scholarship of the period."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Iraq War, 2003-2011. --- Persian Gulf War, 1991. --- Turkey --- United States --- Foreign relations --- Military relations

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Looks at primary sources and deconstructs various publications, fatwas, sermons, and lectures by the Saudi 'ulama' Provides a greater understanding of regional politics by looking at an important group in the region Studies a controversial topic that is relevant to current events in the Middle East

Sunnites --- Shi'ah --- Chiisme --- Relations --- Shi'ah. --- Sunnites. --- Persian Gulf Region --- Saudi Arabia --- Foreign relations --- Shīʻah --- Persique, Région du Golfe --- Arabie Saoudite --- Relations extérieures --- Shīʻah --- Shīʻah. --- Persique, Région du Golfe --- Relations extérieures --- Sunnites - Relations - Shīʻah --- Shīʻah - Relations - Sunnites --- Persian Gulf Region - Foreign relations - Saudi Arabia --- Saudi Arabia - Foreign relations - Persian Gulf Region