Islands And International Politics In The Persian Gulf

Author : Kourosh Ahmadi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134046591

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Islands and International Politics in the Persian Gulf by Kourosh Ahmadi Pdf

The position of the Persian Gulf as the main highway between East and West has long given this region special significance both within the Middle East and in global affairs more generally. This book examines the history of international relations in the Gulf since the 1820s as great powers such as Britain and the US, and regional powers such as Iran and Iraq, vied for supremacy over this geopolitically vital region. It focuses on the struggle for control over the islands of the Gulf, in particular the three islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb – an issue that remains highly contentious today. It describes how for 170 years Britain eroded Iranian influence in the Gulf, both directly by asserting colonial rule over Iranian islands and port districts, and also through claiming Iranian islands for their protégés on the Arab littoral. It shows how, after Britain's withdrawal, these islands became a pawn in the animosity and conflict that pitted, at one time, Arab radicals and nationalists against monarchical Iran, and, later, the conservative-moderate Arab camp against Islamic Iran. It goes on to explore the impact of the rise of American power in the Gulf since the start of the 1990s, its policy of containment of Iran and Iraq, and how this has provided encouragement to the ambitions of the Persian Gulf Arab littoral states, especially the UAE, towards the islands of the Gulf.

Author : Mehran Kamrava
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815651529

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The International Politics of the Persian Gulf by Mehran Kamrava Pdf

For much of the contemporary history of the Middle East, the Persian Gulf has stood at the center of the region’s strategic significance. At the same time, the Gulf has been wracked by political instability and tension. As far back as the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Britain zeroed in on the Persian Gulf as a critical passageway to its crown jewel, India, and entered into protectorate agreements with local ruling families, thus bestowing on them international legitimacy and, eventually, the resources and support necessary to ascend to kingships. Today, the region is undergoing profound changes that range from rapid economic and infrastructural development to tumultuous social and cultural transformations. Far from eroding the area’s political significance, these changes have only accentuated rivalries and tensions and have brought to the forefront new challenges to international security and stability. Together, the essays in this volume present a comprehensive, detailed, and accessible account of the international politics of the region. Focusing on the key factors that give the Persian Gulf its strategic significance, contributors look at the influence of vast deposits of oil and natural gas on international politics, the impact of the competing centers of power of Iran and Saudi Arabia, the nature of relationships among countries within the Persian Gulf, and the evolving interaction between Islam and politics. Throughout the collection, issues of internal and international security are shown to be central. Drawing on the comprehensive knowledge and experience of experts in the region, The International Politics of the Persian Gulf shines a bright light on this area, offering insights and thoughtful analyses on the critical importance of this troubled region to global politics.

Author : F. Gregory Gause, III
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107469167

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The International Relations of the Persian Gulf by F. Gregory Gause, III Pdf

Gregory Gause's masterful book is the first to offer a comprehensive account of the international politics in the Persian Gulf across nearly four decades. The story begins in 1971 when Great Britain ended its protectorate relations with the smaller states of the lower Gulf. It traces developments in the region from the oil 'revolution' of 1973–4 through the Iranian revolution, the Iran-Iraq war and the Gulf war of 1990–1 to the toppling of Saddam Hussein in the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, bringing the story of Gulf regional politics up to 2008. The book highlights transnational identity issues, regime security and the politics of the world oil market, and charts the changing mix of interests and ambitions driving American policy. The author brings his experience as a scholar and commentator on the Gulf to this riveting account of one of the most politically volatile regions on earth.

Author : Charles L.O. Buderi,Luciana T. Ricart
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 941 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004236196

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The Iran-UAE Gulf Islands Dispute by Charles L.O. Buderi,Luciana T. Ricart Pdf

The Gulf Islands Dispute offers an international law analysis of the conflict between Iran and the UAE over ownership of three Gulf islands. The conclusions reached are based on centuries of Gulf history and challenge the positions of both parties.

Author : Hooshang Amirahmadi
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Law
ISBN : 0312159102

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Small Islands, Big Politics by Hooshang Amirahmadi Pdf

"Small Islands, Big Politics examines a territorial dispute between Iran and the United Arab Emirates over the ownership and control of the Tonbs, three small islands in the Persian Gulf overlooking the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Since 1971, the year British colonialism withdrew from the region, Iran has regained full sovereignty over the Tonbs and has accommodated the UAE in the administration of Abu Musa. Small Islands, Big Politics provides a close reading of the legal and relevant territorial-historical dimensions of the dispute and dissects the intricacies of international law and its application to other territorial disputes in the region. Small Islands, Big Politics is the first book-length analysis of the issue in the English language and will be indispensable reading for anyone interested in Middle East/Persian Gulf politics, history, and international studies. The book also includes a comprehensive bibliography and key documents relating to the issues."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134171897

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The International Politics of the Persian Gulf by Arshin Adib-Moghaddam Pdf

Provocatively written, persuasively researched and conclusively argued, Adib-Moghaddam presents the first comprehensive analysis of international relations in the Gulf from a mutidisciplinary perspective.

Author : Rouhollah K. Ramazani
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Law
ISBN : 9028600698

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The Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz by Rouhollah K. Ramazani Pdf

Appendiks med optryk af regionale traktater og vedtagelser s. 140-175.

Author : Kourosh Ahmadi
Publisher : Ithaca Press (GB)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0863725457

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Naming the Persian Gulf by Kourosh Ahmadi Pdf

The first major study of the origin of the Gulf naming dispute and its evolution over millennia to the present.

Author : Dr Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh,Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136817175

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Security and Territoriality in the Persian Gulf by Dr Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh,Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh Pdf

This study presents the story of successes and failures of the treatment of security matters pertaining to territorial and boundary affairs in the maritime areas of the Persian Gulf, and at the same time provides an example of the impact of territoriality on world-wide maritime security.

Author : Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612332956

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Maritime Political Geography by Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh Pdf

This book magnifies only one instance of Iran’s geopolitical role in the Persian Gulf in the interim period between the British withdrawal of forces from, and the American arrival in that region. Two centuries of Pax-Britannica was the period of territorial organization of the region, which resulted in the creation of a number of small states or emirates defining territories and boundaries for which caused huge territorial complications with the older states of the region. Pax-Britannica was removed at the end of 1971 without settling these difficult issues. Yet, immediately after their departure from the Persian Gulf, Iran began the initiative of settling territorial differences among the littoral states. Negotiations for the delimitation of maritime boundaries in the Persian Gulf which started in 1968 with Saudi Arabia continued with each and every Arab state of the region and by the mid-1970s all maritime boundaries of Iran with her Arab neighbours were settled, including legal settlement of the issue of the islands extensively examined in this book. In 1975, the age-old Iran-Iraq territorial and boundary disputes were settled in Shatt al Arab, and in the same year Iran's initiative of settling territorial disputes went beyond the region of the Persian Gulf and the Shah quelled the fire of separatist movements in Dhufar of Oman as well as intervening in Egyptian Israeli disputes and settle their differences over the Sinai Peninsula. Israeli author, Samuel Segev admits in his 1981 publications on Israeli secret relations in the Middle East that "The Shah was the originator of the idea to mediate between Anwar Sadat and Golda Meir." Another instance of the Iranian endeavour to safeguard Arab territorial integrity was Iran's undertaking in eradication of threats to Oman's territorial integrity in the early 1970s. Within three years Iranian soldiers defended with their lives Oman's territorial integrity in Dhufar Province in the face of a fierce communist separatist movement that British forces could not eradicate in twelve years.

Author : Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781581129335

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Boundary Politics and International Boundaries of Iran by Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh Pdf

This book is about Iranian boundaries at a time when crisis of various nature are occurring around Iran, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan, with immediate effect on the Iranian borderlands and substantial effect of Iran's relations with her neighbours. Furthermore, issues like the legal regime of the Caspian Sea and the UAE claims on the Iranian-owned and Iranian-held islands of Tunbs and Abu Musa in the Persian Gulf create a situation in Iran's neighbourhood, which influence her foreign relations and engage the country in matters of international importance. Occurrence of all these issues on and around the boundaries of Iran and a thorough study of the unexplored foundation and evolution of these issues within the framework of the study of the Iranian boundaries make this book timely, special, original, and important.

Author : Abbas Amirie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081292638

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The Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean in International Politics by Abbas Amirie Pdf

Author : G. Sick,L. Potter
Publisher : Springer
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230108189

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Security in the Persian Gulf by G. Sick,L. Potter Pdf

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.

Author : Shahram Chubin,Sepehr Zabih
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0520026837

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The Foreign Relations of Iran by Shahram Chubin,Sepehr Zabih Pdf

Author : Farzad Sharifi-Yazdi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857726360

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Arab-Iranian Rivalry in the Persian Gulf by Farzad Sharifi-Yazdi Pdf

Iranian ambitions in the Persian Gulf and rivalries with Arab neighbours are subject to intense - and heated - speculation, controversy and debate. Here, Farzad Cyrus Sharifi scrutinises the rival Arab-Iranian claims to Bahrain, the Shatt al-Arab waterway, and the Abu Musa and Tunbs islands in the years after World War II and before the Iranian revolution. Through investigation of previously unexamined primary materials and interviews with leading players, this book sheds new light on the evolution and dynamics of hegemonic and nationalistic Arab-Iranian rivalries and how these rivalries began to find symbolic expression through territorial disputes. Sharifi illustrates that these ongoing disputes - and the deep-seated tensions still prevalent in Arab-Iranian relations - are largely rooted in how they were constructed in the post-World War II period, making this book vital reading for researchers of the politics, history, international relations and diplomacy of the Middle East.