Security in the Persian Gulf: Origins, Obstacles, and the Search for Consensus

Lawrence G. Potter, Gary G. Sick

Palgrave Macmillan, Jan 12, 2002 - Political Science - 284 pages

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.

About the author

Lawrence G. Potter is Deputy Director of Gulf/2000 and Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Affairs at Columbia University.

Gary G. Sick is Executive Director of the Gulf/2000 Project at Columbia University, where he is also Adjunct Professor of International Affairs. He formerly served on the US National Security Council.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Security in the Persian Gulf: Origins, Obstacles, and the Search for Consensus
• Editors: Lawrence G. Potter, Gary G. Sick
• Contributors: Lawrence G. Potter, Gary G. Sick
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002
• ISBN: 0312239505, 9780312239503
• Length: 284 pages
• Subjects: History / Middle East / General; History / Military / General; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science / International Relations / General