The Persian Gulf amid global and regional crises / Barry Rubin -- Imperfect alliances: will the gulf monarchies work together? / Turki al-Hamad -- What wealth cannot buy: UAE security at the turn of the twenty-first century / Sean Foley -- The enigma of political stability in the Persian Gulf monarchies / Daniel L. Byman, Jerrold D. Green -- Kuwait and the economics of socio-economic change / Shafeeq Ghabra -- Saudi Arabia: elements of instability within stability / Daryl Champion -- The Gulf states and the American umbrella / Jon B. Alterman -- Contradictions in US policy on Iraq and its consequences / Amin Tarzi -- Saddam's state, Iraq's politics and foreign policy / Amatzia Baram -- Living with a nuclear Iran? / Michael Eisenstadt -- Iran and weapons of mass destruction / Seth Carus -- The internal struggle over Iran's future / Abbas Samii
Summary
This work addresses the main strategic issues in today's Persian Gulf, a region that could easily produce a crisis that would encourage international political and economic involvement. Topics discussed include: strategic balances, modernization, internal stability, and weapons of mass destruction
