Weakness and instability: national politics and their sub-regional implications -- International politics of the Red Sea in the cold war era -- Red Sea sub-regional developments in the post-cold war era -- Security, militarisation and arms flows -- Land boundaries, maritime borders and territorial issues -- The economics of the Red Sea: trade, migration and capital flows -- Red Sea networks: regional and international transport -- Regionalising the Red Sea
Summary
This book examines the international politics of the Red Sea region from the Cold War to the present. It argues that the Red Sea region demonstrates well the characteristics of a sub-regional system, with increasing economic and social interdependence, greater regional integration, with the stronger regional powers - Egypt, Israel and Saudi Arabia - seeking to establish their influence over the sub-region, and with all states forming regional alliances to protect their interests and to fend off possible encroachment of others
