The Persian Gulf After The Cold War

Author : Mohammed E. Ahrari,James Noyes
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1993-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015028925496

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The Persian Gulf After the Cold War by Mohammed E. Ahrari,James Noyes Pdf

This is a comprehensive examination of the strategic affairs of the Persian Gulf since the Gulf War of 1991. The authors conclude that the arms race in the Persian Gulf should be controlled, but maintain it is likely to continue because of the clashing strategic perspectives of Saudi Arabia and Iran, and because of the sustained willingness of all major suppliers to find new revenue sources for their declining defense industries in the post-Cold War decade. They also argue that the U.S. should not adopt a policy of isolating or ignoring Iran in its endeavors to find security arrangements in the Persian Gulf, and that a weakened Iraq has become a major source of instability in the Persian Gulf.

Author : Robert Helms,Robert H. Dorff
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015029171546

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The Persian Gulf Crisis by Robert Helms,Robert H. Dorff Pdf

This book examines the implications of the Persian Gulf crisis in order to enhance our understanding of the post-Cold War international system. More than just another analysis of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent war, the book looks at the more general aspects of the use of force (political, economic, and military) evident in the Gulf crisis and what they can tell us about the emerging post-Cold War system. Contributors were selected on the basis of their ability to address specific questions and policy issues, and to cast their analyses at a broadly theoretical level. Each chapter looks at a different aspect of conflict in the international system and how that relates to the Persian Gulf crisis. Several aspects of the crisis and the new international system are examined such as the role of the United Nations, the utility of economic sanctions, the historical origin of the crisis itself, the potential sources of conflict and responses to it, and the changing nature of the use of military force. To the extent that the lessons found contradict the common wisdoms that emerged in the immediate aftermath of the war, many of the chapters challenge the trend to find sweeping generalizations in the Gulf crisis that bear directly on international relations in the 1990s and beyond. Civilian and military policymakers, as well as students and teachers of international studies, will find this book of interest.

Author : Robert J. Pauly,Jr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351876315

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US Foreign Policy and the Persian Gulf by Robert J. Pauly,Jr Pdf

Robert J. Pauly, Jr examines the history of US foreign policy toward the Greater Middle East in general and focuses specifically on the fundamental economic, military and political causes of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf crisis. He investigates to what extent these causes were internal and external in origin, looks at the principal actors in the crisis, and determines whether and how these actors have continued to drive unfolding events in the Persian Gulf ever since. The volume explores in detail the role of American leaders since 1989, including how far the US should collaborate with Europe to pursue both American and collective Western economic, military and political interests in the Gulf. It also considers the prospects for the future of American-led nation-building operations in Iraq and the outlook for the eventual liberal democratization of the Greater Middle East.

Author : Ted Galen Carpenter
Publisher : Cato Institute
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 0932790852

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America Entangled by Ted Galen Carpenter Pdf

Author : Nina Eckert
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-18
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9783640169887

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The Persian Gulf War and its aftermath by Nina Eckert Pdf

Essay from the year 2002 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,00, University of Regensburg (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Hauptseminar US Foreign Policy, language: English, abstract: With the End of the Cold War, the world should become safer. But instead of a more peaceful decade, the years following the Fall of the Berlin Wall were characterized by the same issues as before, like international terrorism or the endangered environment. More dangerously, new, more alarming problems emerged, such as nuclear capability of rogue states and exceedingly brutal local rivalries, where the most powerful nations of the world were seemingly helpless and sometimes experienced a nightmare, like the UN mission in Somalia. The first crisis in the Post- Cold War Era was the Persian Gulf War, where for the first time the U.S. President was able to act without paying too much attention to Russia. On the other side, he was aware of the need of consultation with other states. So Bush was wise enough to avoid the same mistakes other American presidents had done before him, e.g. Lyndon Johnson in the Vietnam War. Attention shall be given not only to the war`s aftermath, neccessity and success but also to its significance for U.S. foreign policy at the beginning of the Post-Cold War Era. [...]

Author : Bjørn Møller
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001-04-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015050758179

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Oil and Water by Bjørn Møller Pdf

Oil and water are at the heart of the geopolitics of the Gulf. This study covers regional and international security in the post-Cold war era with a powerful theoretical basis.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:227813357

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Post-Cold War U.S. Security Strategies for the Persian Gulf by Anonim Pdf

The end of the cold war and the disappearance of the threats the Soviet Union posed to the Persian Gulf have presented the United States with an opportunity to pursue a fundamentally different type of strategy in that region: a policy of friendly but more detached and contingent relations with the regional states, in distinction to the existing U.S. policy of close and enduring political, military, and personal ties with friendly regimes. The former can be termed 'insulating strategies, ' because they are intended to distance the United States from the risks attendant to the endemic political instability of the region. The latter can be termed 'controlling strategies', because they focus on managing and subduing those risks. Whether the United States should avail itself of this opportunity is not clear. The purpose of this report is to assess the costs and benefits of doing so.

Author : Phebe Marr,William Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000310146

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Riding The Tiger by Phebe Marr,William Lewis Pdf

This book is the outgrowth of a collaborative effort by a small group of national security analysts associated with the Institute forNational Strategic Studies of the National Defense University,government officials responsible for pondering defense and foreign policy issues, and academics with long experience in Middle Eastern affairs. In the past several years these scholars, policy analysts, and military planners have been focusing on the impact on U.S. goals and interests in the Middle East of three seminal events-the ending of the cold war, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the invasion of Kuwaitby Saddam Husayn and the subsequent Gulf War. The authors'individual studies have been nourished by frequent intellectual exchanges with one another and by their participation in numerous academic meetings designed to explore the future of U.S. relations with the Middle East.

Author : Joseph S. Nye,Roger K. Smith
Publisher : Madison Books
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105082332227

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After the Storm by Joseph S. Nye,Roger K. Smith Pdf

Essays discuss the effects of the Persian Gulf War on the United States and o the Middle East.

Author : Anoushiravan Ehteshami
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415657570

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Dynamics of Change in the Persian Gulf Political Economy, War and Revolution by Anoushiravan Ehteshami Pdf

The Persian Gulf has come to represent one of the most strategically significant waterways of the world. In terms of geography, geopolitics, resources, global political economy, and regional influence, the Gulf is perhaps home to the world's most significant group of countries. Focusing on the complexities of the interplay between domestic-level changes and region-wide interactions, this book presents the reader with the first comprehensive survey of the dynamics of change in this crucial area. Systemic-oriented in its approach, the impact of war and revolution on the countries of the sub-region is discussed, and the ways in which these factors have shaped the security dilemmas and responses of the Gulf States is also explored. The role of oil is examined in terms of the impact of its income on these states and societies, and the manner in which oil has shaped the integration of these states into the global system. Oil has shrunk developmental time in these countries, and has accelerated generational shift. At the same time, it has created the dialectical relationship which now characterizes the difficult balance between prosperity and instability which is at the heart of the sub-region. Casting new light on the workings of a strategically significant part of the international system, this book will be an essential resource for students and scholars of international relations, international security and Middle Eastern politics.

Author : Tom Streissguth
Publisher : Referencepoint Press
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1682821668

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Cause & Effect by Tom Streissguth Pdf

The invasion of oil-rich Kuwait by its neighbor Iraq in the summer of 1990 posed a strategic and political problem for the United States, as well as American allies in the Middle East. Through thoughtful narrative supported by fully documented quotes this title begins with A Brief History of the Persian Gulf War, and then examines these questions: How Did Oil Politics Fuel the Gulf War? How Did the Cold War's End Influence the Persian Gulf Conflict? What was the Result of Basing US and Coalition Troops in Saudi Arabia? What Followed from Allowing Saddam Hussein's Regime to Survive?

Author : Nigel John Ashton,Bryan R. Gibson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415685245

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The Iran-Iraq War by Nigel John Ashton,Bryan R. Gibson Pdf

This volume offers a wide-ranging examination of the Iran–Iraq War (1980–88), featuring fresh regional and international perspectives derived from recently available new archival material. Three decades ago Iran and Iraq became embroiled in a devastating eight-year war which served to re-define the international relations of the Gulf region. The Iran–Iraq War stands as an anomaly in the Cold War era; it was the only significant conflict in which the interests of the United States and Soviet Union unwittingly aligned, with both superpowers ultimately supporting the Iraqi regime. The Iran–Iraq War re-assesses not only the superpower role in the conflict but also the war’s regional and wider international dimensions by bringing to the fore fresh evidence and new perspectives from a variety of sources. It focuses on a number of themes including the economic dimensions of the war and the roles played by a variety of powers, including the Gulf States, Turkey, France, the Soviet Union and the United States. The contributions to the volume serve to underline that the Iran–Iraq war was a defining conflict, shaping the perspectives of the key protagonists for a generation to come. This book will be of much interest to students of international and Cold War history, Middle Eastern politics, foreign policy, and International Relations in general.

Author : Gary G. Sick,Lawrence G. Potter
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0312174497

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The Persian Gulf at the Millennium by Gary G. Sick,Lawrence G. Potter Pdf

Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, the Gulf has been the scene - and sometimes the source - of international political and economic turmoil. Blatant intervention on the part of the Western powers in the domestic affairs of the eight regional states was a familiar feature from World War II until the British withdrawal in 1971, when it assumed more subtle forms. In addition, the oil shocks of the 1970s, followed closely by the Iranian revolution and the hostage crisis, triggered economic dislocations across the globe, as well as political upheaval and the disruption of a long-established security structure. In The Gulf at the Millennium , the most prominent Gulf specialists from both the Western world and the Gulf are brought together to look at this extraordinarily active and influential part of the world. The scholars identify and examine the issues that have the potential to affect future developments in the region, including the rapid demographic changes which are taking place, the relationship of the oil market to political stability and progress, the resurgence of Islam as a political force, the often heavy expenditures on defence, and new geostrategic realities after the end of the Cold War. A dynamic, crucial volume, The Gulf at the Millennium provides an unprecedented view beyond the media hype into what is perhaps the most volatile and controversial region of the world today.

Author : Ronnie Miller
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015032916960

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Following the Americans to the Persian Gulf by Ronnie Miller Pdf

By comparing the directions the two nations took when confronted by the "crisis in the Gulf," Miller helps readers to more fully appreciate the complexity and subtlety of foreign policy formulation and global politics in general.

Author : Simon Davis
Publisher : Republic of Letters
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132276499

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Contested Space by Simon Davis Pdf

Going beyond existing country, oil and cold war strategic studies, this book explores systemic Anglo-American differences in the Persian Gulf, from the Second World War into the early cold war, and how the reveal the limitations of the 'special relationship' in the formation of the postwar international order.