Oil in the Gulf
Ashgate Publishing, March 2004, Pages: 190
The US-led war against Iraq in 2003 represented the most dramatic shake-up of regional politics in the Gulf for more than a decade. This book contains an up-to-date analysis of central questions affecting the construction of a post-Bath regime in Iraq, and charts possible ways forward in other key states of the region such as Saudi Arabia and Iran. At the heart of the analysis lies the tension between the US-sponsored vision of a democratic, free market Gulf region and local resistance to this model. This resistance, appearing in the shape of alternative visions of democracy and the state, could potentially present a challenge to US policy through the spread of repressive policies or terrorism, especially if Washington chooses to sideline the social forces behind it. Conversely, if this resistance were taken seriously by the US, it could form a point of departure for more fruitful interaction between traditions of government from the West and local politics. Future developments on this important issue will be of immense significance for the management of some of the worlds largest oil and gas reserves, with immediate implications for both regional political stability as well as for the world economy.
Introduction, Daniel Heradstveit and Helge Hveem
The predicament of the Gulf Rentier state, Øystein Noreng
The future of the Saudi Arabian economy: possible effects on the world oil market, Ådne Cappelen and Robin Choudhury
The reformist movement in Iran, Mehrzad Boroujerdi
The psychology of corruption in Azerbaijan and Iran, Daniel Heradstveit and G. Matthew Bonham
Energy supply as terrorist targets? Patterns of Petroleum Terrorism 1968-99, Brynjar Lia and Åshild Kjøk
Shii perspectives on a federal Iraq: territory, community and ideology in conceptions of a new polity, Reidar Visser
Understanding the complexities of the Gulf: concluding remarks, Helge Hveem
Index.
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