Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.. From Here We Begin: A Survey of Scholarship on the International Relations of the Gulf / Fred H. Lawson P.3 2.. Power of Narrative: Saudi Arabia, the United States and the Search for Security / Gwenn Okruhlik P.25 3.. La Longue Duree and Energy Security in the Gulf / Mary Ann Tetreault P.41 4.. Jihad, Yes, But Not Revolution: Explaining the Extraversion of Islamist Violence in Saudi Arabia / Thomas Hegghammer P.61 5.. Saudi Arabia and the Arab Israeli Peace Process: The Fluctuation of Regional Coordination / Joseph Kostiner P.83 6.. Dubai and the United Arab Emirates: Security Threats / Christopher M. Davidson P.97 7.. Iraq's Gulf Policy and Regime Security from the Monarchy to the post-Ba'athist Era / Ibrahim Al-Marashi P.115 8.. Islamic Utopian Romanticism and the Foreign Policy Culture of Iran / Arshin Adib-Moghaddam P.129.