Powder Keg in the Middle East: The Struggle for Gulf Security

This text examines sources of conflict in the Gulf, regional actors, resource and military issues, possible security arrangements and implications for US policy. The collection of essays address: ethnic conflict and state-building in the Arab world; weapons of mass destruction in the region; the future of Iraq and regional security; alternative futures for Iran; security concerns of the GCC states; Turkey and the Middle East; the Kurdish issue; the water factor; and the US policy in the Gulf.