Global Interests In The Arab Gulf

This book sets out to examine why the world regards the Gulf as important. Chapters either treat the way in which individual countries view their vital interest in the Gulf, or deal with specific themes such as the question of militarization and the international arms-trade.

This book sets out to examine why the world regards the Gulf as important. Chapters either treat the way in which individual countries view their vital interest in the Gulf, or deal with specific themes such as the question of militarization and the international arms-trade. The book makes the point that different countries and continents are conscious of possessing a variety of practical interests in the region: for some, the Gulf represents a market for manufactured goods; for some a field of expatriate labour; for some a source of oil; and, for the Superpowers, an area of conspicuous political and strategic importance. This last topic, closely linked as it now is with changes in Eastern Europe and the former USSR, is analyzed at some length in this collection.

List of Tables and Figures Preface Note on Transliteration Part One: The Mercantile Attraction in History 1. Siraf and Hormuz between East and West: Merchants and Merchandise in the Gulf, V. Fiorani Piacentini 2. Britain, Trade and Piracy: The British Expeditions against Ras al-Khaima of 1809-10 and 1819-20, Charles E. Davies Part Two: Core Issues 3. Oil in the Gulf - Internal and External Interaction: Past, Present and Future, Peter A. Davies and Paul J. Stevens 4. Repatriation, Remittances and Reunions: What is Really at Stake for Arab Countries Supplying Labour to the Gulf Co-operation Council States?, J.S. Birks and C.A. Sinclair Part Three: The Third World 5. The Indian Subcontinent and the Gulf, K. Subrahmanyam 6. The Rise and Convergence of the 'Middle' in the World Economy: The Case of the NICs and the Gulf States, Anoushiravan Ehteshami Part Four: Other OECD Countries 7. The Western European Union, European Security Interests and the Gulf, Willem Van Eekelen 8. Japan's Oil Strategy in the Gulf Without Arms Deals, Susumu Ishida Part Five: The Superpowers 9. The USSR and the Arab Gulf: A Current Balance Sheet and Future Assessment, Vitaly Naumkin 10. The USSR's State Interests in the Red Sea Basin and the Horn of Africa in Connection with the Gulf Zone, Alexei Vassiliev 11. United States Power-Projection Capabilities in the Gulf and South-West Asia: Changing Forces for a Changing World, Anthony H. Cordesman 12. US Interests in the Gulf: Implications for America's Regional Policy, Richard W. Murphy Part Six: Internal Change 13. External Interests and Internal Processes of Militarisation in the Gulf Region, Rolf Muller-Syring 14. The Inevitability of Change: The Under-tow of Political Tides in the Gulf, John Townsend Glossary List of Abbreviations List of Contributors Index,

List of Tables and Figures

Preface

Note on Transliteration

Part One: The Mercantile Attraction in History

1. Siraf and Hormuz between East and West: Merchants and Merchandise in the Gulf, V. Fiorani Piacentini

2. Britain, Trade and Piracy: The British Expeditions against Ras al-Khaima of 1809-10 and 1819-20, Charles E. Davies

Part Two: Core Issues

3. Oil in the Gulf - Internal and External Interaction: Past, Present and Future, Peter A. Davies and Paul J. Stevens

4. Repatriation, Remittances and Reunions: What is Really at Stake for Arab Countries Supplying Labour to the Gulf Co-operation Council States?, J.S. Birks and C.A. Sinclair

Part Three: The Third World

5. The Indian Subcontinent and the Gulf, K. Subrahmanyam

6. The Rise and Convergence of the 'Middle' in the World Economy: The Case of the NICs and the Gulf States, Anoushiravan Ehteshami

Part Four: Other OECD Countries

7. The Western European Union, European Security Interests and the Gulf, Willem Van Eekelen

8. Japan's Oil Strategy in the Gulf Without Arms Deals, Susumu Ishida

Part Five: The Superpowers

9. The USSR and the Arab Gulf: A Current Balance Sheet and Future Assessment, Vitaly Naumkin

10. The USSR's State Interests in the Red Sea Basin and the Horn of Africa in Connection with the Gulf Zone, Alexei Vassiliev

11. United States Power-Projection Capabilities in the Gulf and South-West Asia: Changing Forces for a Changing World, Anthony H. Cordesman

12. US Interests in the Gulf: Implications for America's Regional Policy, Richard W. Murphy

Part Six: Internal Change

13. External Interests and Internal Processes of Militarisation in the Gulf Region, Rolf Muller-Syring

14. The Inevitability of Change: The Under-tow of Political Tides in the Gulf, John Townsend

Glossary

List of Abbreviations

List of Contributors

Index

• Edited by Charles E. Davies
• Contributions by Dr J. Stace Birks
• Contributions by Professor Anthony H. Cordesman
• Contributions by Peter A. Davies
• Contributions by Dr. Willem van Eekelen
• Contributions by Anoushiravan Ehteshami
• Contributions by Dr Susumu Ishida
• Contributions by Dr Rolf Müller-Syring
• Contributions by The Hon. Richard W. Murphy
• Contributions by Vitaly Naumkin
• Contributions by Valeria F. Piacentini
• Contributions by Clive A. Sinclair
• Contributions by Dr Paul J. Stevens
• Contributions by Professor K. Subrahmanyam
• Contributions by John Townsend
• Contributions by Alexei Vassiliev

"Of interest not only to Middle East specialists, but also to international theorists interested in predictions." International Affairs
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"Of interest not only to Middle East specialists, but also to international theorists interested in predictions." (International Affairs)

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