Publication

Among others, this issue mainly considers the following questions: Why has the "Arab spring" bypassed the Gulf States (apart from Bahrain)? How do the societies in the Gulf States differ from other societies in the Middle East? What guides US policy in the Persian Gulf? What are the geopolitical implications of the US withdrawal from Iraq? What dynamics underlie the sensitive relations between Iran and the Gulf states? How do the Sunni-Shia and Arab-Persian interactions impact on these relations? Will civilian nuclear programs be developed in the Gulf?