The Gulf and International Security: The 1980s and Beyond

This book offers a perspective on the actors involved in the Gulf conflict - Iran, the states of the Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, the USA and the USSR.

It deals with the oil price dynamics which might become the basis for co-operation in the 1990s among the oil states of the region, the intricacies of the Reagan administration's endeavours to groom Saudi Arabia as the chief protagonist of the Western interests in the Gulf, Gorbachev's new political thought and its implications for the Gulf, conflicts among the Arab sheikhdoms and the scenarios following the Iran-Iraq War and its potential impact on the political fortunes of the regional actors as well as the superpowers.;M.E.Ahrari has also written "The Dynamics of Oil Diplomacy: Conflict and Consensus", "Ethnic Groups and US Foreign Policy" and "OPEC: The Failing Giant".