Iran, Iraq and the Arab Gulf States

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Internal Concerns

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Islamic Republic of Iran

      1. Tensions and Options Among the Iranian Clerical Establishment

         • Olivier Roy

         Pages 3-12

      2. Reformists, Conservatives, and Iran’s 2000 Parliamentary Elections

         • Shaul Bakhash

         Pages 13-29

      3. Civil-Military Relations in the Islamic Republic of Iran

         • Ahmed S. Hashim

         Pages 31-53

   3. The Republic of Iraq

      1. The Position of the Iraqi Clergy

         • Joyce N. Wiley

         Pages 55-63

      2. Domestic Politics in a Post-Saddam Iraq

         • Laith Kubba

         Pages 65-82

      3. The Military in Iraqi Politics

         • Andrew Parasiliti

         Pages 83-94

   4. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

      1. Assessing Saudi Susceptibility to Revolution

         • Mark N. Katz

         Pages 95-110

      2. Image, Imagination, and Place: The Political Economy of Tourism in Saudi Arabia

         • Gwenn Okruhlik

         Pages 111-129

      3. Saudi Arabia: Measures of Transition from a Rentier State

         • Robert E. Looney

         Pages 131-159

   5. The Arab Gulf States

      1. Domestic Politics in the United Arab Emirates: Social and Economic Policies, 1990–2000

         • Fatma al-Sayegh

         Pages 161-175

      2. Kuwait and Bahrain: The Appeal of Globalization and Internal Constraints

         • May Seikaly

         Pages 177-192

      3. Kings and People: Information and Authority in Oman, Qatar, and the Persian Gulf

         • Dale F. Eickelman

         Pages 193-209

3. Regional Concerns

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211

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   2. Border Disputes

      1. Down to the Usual Suspects: Border and Territorial Disputes in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf at the Millennium

         • Richard Schofield

         Pages 213-236

      2. The Kuwait-Iraq Border Problem

         • Hussein Hassouna

         Pages 237-261

      3. Yemeni-Saudi Relations Gone Awry

         • Mohammed A. Zabarah

         Pages 263-280

   3. Relations Between GCC States

      1. Unity on the Arabian Peninsula

         • Joseph A. Kechichian

         Pages 281-302

      2. Forging Institutions in the Gulf Arab States

         • R. Hrair Dekmejian

         Pages 303-312

A decade after the War for Kuwait and two decades after the Iran-Iraq War, the wider Gulf region remains mired in internal, regional and international conflicts. Iran, Iraq, and the Arab Gulf States presents analytical perspectives - including solution-oriented assessments to identify major causes for actual and potential conflicts throughout the Gulf. The twenty-six papers assembled in this volume identify trends for the next decade. Studies on Iranian, Iraqi, Saudi and Arab Gulf States' political agendas on the domestic, regional and international fronts are included, along with assessments on pending legal issues, including border disputes, relations among the Gulf states themselves, as well as their complex and evolving ties with several Western powers. The study closes with four 'trends' chapters looking at the 2000-2010 period.

• conflict
• economy
• globalization
• Institution
• Iran
• Iraq
• parliament
• Policy
• revolution

• UCLA’s Gustav E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies, USA

  Joseph A. Kechichian

• Kechichian & Associates, LLC, USA

  Joseph A. Kechichian

JOE KECHICHIAN is the CEO of Kechichian & Associates, LLC, and a fellow at the Gustav E. von Grunebaum Center for Near East Studies, University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Succession in Saudi Arabia (Palgrave, forthcoming).

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