The Gulf and International Security

A perspective on the countries involved in the Gulf conflict, dealing with the oil price dynamics, the Reagan administration's dealings with Saudi Arabia, Gorbachev's new politics and its implications, conflicts among the Arab sheikhdoms and the impact of the Iran-Iraq War.

Inhalt
Khomeini's Iran and threats to the Gulf security, M.E.Ahrari; Persian Gulf security - an Iranian perspective, Shirin Hunter; Saudi Arabia, Iran, and OPEC - the dynamics of a balancing act, M.E.Ahrari; fools rush in - American policy and the Iran-Iraq War, Gregory Rose; security concerns in the Arabian Peninsula, J.E.Peterson; American perception of Iranian threats to the Gulf security, James Noyes; Soviet interests in the Gulf, Mark Katz.