Conflict and cooperation in the Gulf region

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Conflict and cooperation in the Gulf region

Joseph Kostiner

VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2009

1st ed

  • : pbk.

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This book analyzes four main episodes of conflict and defense which have affected the region during the last three decades: the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), which effected the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) from a close, neighborly distance; the Iraq-Kuwait war (1990-1991), which constituted an attempt to invade the GCC and eliminate one of its member states, Kuwait. And the subsequent attempts to reestahblish a regional inter-state stability in the Gulf (during the mid-1990s, approximately), and the war of Islamic terrorism (notably al-Qa'ida) against Saudi Arabia (leading up to 2005). Each episode was driven by inimical interests and evolved as a distabilizintg influence on the Gulf states. At the same time, each conflict resulted in a paradoxical combination rivalry and cooperation among the GCC states themselves. A perpetual sequence of conflict and cooperation thus developed.

Table of Contents

The Iran-Iraq War - The Iraq-Kuwait Conflict - Between the Gulf Wars: Restrained Conflict - Al-Qa'ida's Challenge: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and the War Against Terrorism, 1992-2005 - Conclusion

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