For many decades the Arab Gulf was considered to be a Western – particularly British – sphere of influence. Much has changed in recent years: the states in the region have come to control their own destinies much more, and Britain has been supplanted by the US as the Western country with the greatest interests in the region. However, the picture has been complicated by differences of opinion within the region and by wider international relations issues. This book, first published in 1985, examines the relations between the Arab Gulf and the West in all their ramifications. Considering the question from historical, economic, cultural and international relations perspectives, it puts forward views both from a Western and a Gulf standpoint. It concludes with a discussion of current trends and likely future developments.
Then and Now
1. The Consequences of the Exclusive Treaties: a British
View David Roberts
2. The Consequences of Britains Exclusive Treaties: a
Gulf View Husain M. Al-Baharna
3. A British Perception of the Gulf Anthony
Parsons Part
1. Economic, Financial and Industrial Interchange
4. The Extent
and Limits of Economic Interdependence John Townsend
5. The Transfer of
Technology: What Does it Mean? Yousuf A. Shirawi
6. Gulf Investment in the
West: Its Scope and Implications Sinclair Road and Averil Harrison
7. The EEC
and the Gulf Cooperation Council Giampaolo Calchi Novati Part
2.
International Perspectives
8. A Darkling Plain: US Views of Gulf Security
John Duke Anthony
9. The Strait of Hormuz as a Secure International Waterway
William L. Dowdy
10. The Gulf, Palestine and the West Bichara Khader Part
3.
The Cultural Interface
11. Cultural Interchange: A European Viewpoint Robert
Swann
12. Gulf reactions to Western Cultural Pressures Levon H. Melikian
Part
4. Three Men in a Boat
13. The Future for the Gulf/Europe/America
Relationship: A Gulf View Abdulla ibn Faisal ibn Turki Al Saud
14. The
Future for the Gulf/Europe/America Relationship: An American View Michael
Sterner
15. The Future for the Gulf/Europe/America Relationship: A European
View Olivier Carré
B. R. Pridham
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