Conflict and Cooperation in the Gulf Region 2009th Edition
Author(s): Joseph Kostiner (Author)
Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
Publication Date: 13 Nov. 2008
Edition: 2009th
Language: English
Print length: 287 pages
ISBN-10: 9783531162058
ISBN-13: 9783531162058
Book Description
This book analyzes four main episodes of conflict and defense which have affected the Gulf region during the last three decades: the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), which effected the Gulf Cooperation Council 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; Subsequent attempts to reestablish a regional inter-state stability in the Gulf (during the mid-1990s, approximately) and the war of Islamic terrorism against Saudi Arabia.
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Krieg, Konflikte und Kooperation – die Golfregion in der Weltpolitik
From the Back Cover
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.
About the Author
Joseph Kostiner, Senior Research Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies and Associate Professor, Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University.
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