Powder Keg in the Middle East : The Struggle for Gulf Security

The Struggle for Gulf Security

By: Geoffrey Kemp, Janice Gross Stein

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Hardcover | 1 December 1994

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The Persian Gulf continues to be a region of critical importance to the United States and the industrial world. Its oil and natural gas resources are, if anything, more important today than they were in the 1970s when the energy crisis emerged as a dominant feature of the international landscape. Yet despite the allied victory in Desert Storm, the Gulf remains dangerous because the underlying sources of conflict in the region remain unresolved. Powder Keg in the Middle East adopts a broad mandate for considering future sources of conflict in the Gulf. While military issues and the dynamics of the arms race remain very important in the context of the regional military balance and the dynamics of conflict escalation, the authors argue that the underlying sources of conflict--which drive the arms race--are related to broad-based demographic, technological, cultural, and ideological factors and trends. These embrace issues from water security to religious conflict and population dynamics. Copublished with the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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The issues likely to produce conflict go well beyond traditional interstate revalries and include demographic, technological, and ideological trends. Unlike many such volumes, this one gives serious attention to the Kurdish issue and to Turkey's role in the region. Foreign Affairs ... offering a balanced look at the Persian Gulf from differing perspectives. This book ought to raise red flags for everyone interested in the Middle East... Naval War College Review ...if one is looking for an accessible, high-quality, and timely introduction to the complexities of security issues in the Persion Gulf, this book is a very good place to start. Perspectives on Political Science

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List of Tables and Figures
Introduction
Enduring Sources of Conflict in the Persian Gulf Region: Predicting Shocks to the System	p. 3
Ethnic Conflict and State Building in the Arab World	p. 45
Assessing Alternative Future Arrangements for Regional Security	p. 65
Alternative Futures for Iran: Implications for Regional Security	p. 87
Iran's National Security: Threats and Interests	p. 109
The Future of Iraq and of Regional Security	p. 133
Of Not Being a Lone Wolf: Geography, Domestic Plays, and Turkish Foreign Policy in the Middle East	p. 161
Conflict in the Gulf: Views from the GCC	p. 195
Addressing the Kurdish Issue	p. 211
Sources of Conflict in the Middle East: The Kurds	p. 237
Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Delivery Systems in the Middle East	p. 249
Sources of Potential Conflict in the Persian Gulf: The Water Factor	p. 295
Security Arrangements in the Persian Gulf	p. 321
Arms Sales and Arms Embargoes in the Persian Gulf: The Real Dilemmas of Dual Containment	p. 337
Regional Security in the Persian Gulf: Obstacles and Options	p. 361
Index	p. 389
About the Authors	p. 413
AAAS Committee on Science and International Security	p. 419
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