Implication of Emerging Threats for the Security of NATO and GCC: Issues, Trends and Policy Responses

This edited volume offers a comprehensive examination of the emerging security threats confronting the GCC and NATO. Bringing together scholars and practitioners with deep area expertise, this book surveys military, technological, environmental, biological, and socio-political challenges. Combining historical analysis with forward-looking insights, it provides a holistic perspective on the emerging threats and their impact on regional and global security. Using case studies from the Russo-Ukrainian war to 2017 Gulf crisis, contributors trace how emerging threats are often transnational and interconnected. They underscore the necessity of adapting collaborative multilateral efforts to bolster resilience against non-traditional threats. Positioned at the intersection of area studies, security studies, and international relations, the book will be of particular value to academics, and practitioners concerned with NATO, the Middle East, and Gulf affairs.

Prof. Şaban Kardaş, Research Professor at Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University; expertise in energy geopolitics, Trans-Atlantic relations, international relations of the Gulf and international security. PhD from University of Utah. Author of numerous articles, policy reports and books on Middle Eastern security affairs and Turkish foreign policy.

Prof. Haldun Yalçınkaya, Professor of international relations, TOBB University of Economics and Technology; expertise in violent extremism, transformation of war, terrorism, and Trans-Atlantic security. Served in Afghanistan (2005). Author of multiple articles, books and reports on war/terrorism.

Assoc. Prof. Nikolay Kozhanov, Research Associate Professor at Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University; expertise in energy transition, Iran and political economy of the Gulf. Has worked with leading research centers and think-tanks worldwide. Author of several edited volumes, high impact articles and policy reports.

Assoc. Prof. Başar Baysal, Associate Professor of international relations, Social Sciences University of Ankara; expertise in critical security studies, climate-security nexus, Latin American studies. Author of Securitization and Desecuritization of FARC in Colombia, and numerous book chapters, articles and reports.

Prof. Şaban Kardaş, Research Professor at Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University; expertise in energy geopolitics, Trans-Atlantic relations, international relations of the Gulf and international security. PhD from University of Utah. Author of numerous articles, policy reports and books on Middle Eastern security affairs and Turkish foreign policy.

Prof. Haldun Yalçınkaya, Professor of international relations, TOBB University of Economics and Technology; expertise in violent extremism, transformation of war, terrorism, and Trans-Atlantic security. Served in Afghanistan (2005). Author of multiple articles, books and reports on war/terrorism.

Assoc. Prof. Nikolay Kozhanov, Research Associate Professor at Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University; expertise in energy transition, Iran and political economy of the Gulf. Has worked with leading research centers and think-tanks worldwide. Author of several edited volumes, high impact articles and policy reports.

Assoc. Prof. Başar Baysal, Associate Professor of international relations, Social Sciences University of Ankara; expertise in critical security studies, climate-security nexus, Latin American studies. Author of Securitization and Desecuritization of FARC in Colombia, and numerous book chapters, articles and reports.