Security in the Persian Gulf Region

✍ Scribed by Fatemeh Shayan (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2017
Tongue: English
Leaves: 229
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book examines changes in the Persian Gulf security complex following the United States (US) invasion of Iraq in 2003, focusing on threats to the collective identities of two religious sects - Shia and Sunni. Although there is a growing body of literature examining security in the Persian Gulf, little focus has been given to the theoretical and methodological aspects of the problem. In this volume, Shayan analyses the causes behind the security changes which occurred in the region since 2003 and demonstrates how regional security dynamics are interlinked to perceived sectarian threats on the Shia and Sunni religious identities. This text is essential reading for political scientists, policy makers and scholars of international relations.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-19
Theoretical Perspectives on the Persian Gulf Security Complex....Pages 21-52
Scrutinizing Causes: The Process-Tracing Method....Pages 53-77
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Regional Anti-American Sentiment Between 1980 and 2003....Pages 81-107
Regional Anti-American Sentiment Following the Iraq War....Pages 109-126
Regional Rise of the Al Qaeda Threat between 1980 and 2003....Pages 127-148
Regional Rise of the Al Qaeda Threat Following the Iraq War....Pages 149-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Conclusion: The Persian Gulf Security Complex Following the Iraq War....Pages 177-188
Back Matter....Pages 189-226

✦ Subjects

Military and Defence Studies;Middle Eastern Politics;Regionalism;Conflict Studies

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