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Both of the Department of International Affairs at Columbia University and the Gulf/2000 project, Potter and Sick (a former member of the U.S. National Security Council) present 12 papers, by American, Iranian, and Arabic academics, examining regional security issues in the Persian Gulf. The aim of the volume is to focus on long-term trends, rather than focus on any one state. The discussions are wide- ranging, beginning with historical patterns of security and ethnic diversity and continuing on to discussions of territorial disputes, generational politics in Saudi Arabia and Iran, Persian-Arabic tensions, and the improving relations between Iraq and the Arab Gulf states. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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This book is a follow-up volume to the acclaimed The Persian Gulf at the Millennium: Essays in Politics, Economy, Security and Religion , published by St. Martin's Press in 1997. The same editors, who direct the Gulf/2000 Project at Columbia University, have assembled a number of leading experts on the Persian Gulf to reflect on factors affecting security there in the twenty-first century. Most contributors are from the region itself and for the first time share the results of ongoing research with an outside audience. The chapters profile the diverse society in the Gulf and the historical pattern of Gulf security, before focusing on current security concerns between Iran and the Arab states. They explore the mutual perceptions of the peoples of the Gulf today and the role of the new generation in shaping its future.
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