scholarly journals The future of the US presence in the Persian Gulf in the light of developments in the balance of power system in the region

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (13) ◽  
pp. 157-170
Author(s):  
ahmad alobatfard ◽  
seyed hekmatallah hashemipour
Keyword(s):  
Power System ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Persian Gulf

The changed balance of power in the Persian Gulf

Asian Affairs ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-262
Author(s):  
Denis Wright
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
The Persian Gulf

Links between Domestic and Regional Security

2018 ◽  
pp. 23-42
Author(s):  
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Keyword(s):  
Identity Politics ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Fiscal Stress ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
The Us ◽  
Other World ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
The Arab Spring

This chapter examines the myriad linkages between domestic and regional security and how these are evolving across the Persian Gulf. The Persian Gulf noticeably did not share in the evolution of security structures that took place in other world regions such as Eastern Europe or Latin America during the 1980s and 1990s. Instead, the fallout from the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003 and policy responses to the Arab Spring in 2011 led to the growth of what Kristian Coates Ulrichsen labels a “geopolitical straitjacket” that contributed to the rise of sectarian identity politics and the emergence of the dangerous new threat from ISIS. Coates Ulrichsen details the policy dilemmas that ISIS presents to policymakers in GCC states who face the additional pressure of having to take sensitive decisions against the backdrop of a potentially prolonged period of low oil prices and fiscal stress.

China, Global Energy, and the Middle East

2007 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve A. Yetiv ◽  
Chunlong Lu
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Gulf Region ◽  
Arms Sales ◽  
The Past ◽  
Regional Dynamics ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Policy ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
Economic Ties

China has significantly enhanced its position and interest in the Persian Gulf region over the past 25 years, making it an important newcomer in regional dynamics. Evidence clearly shows that it has expanded, in some cases dramatically, its diplomatic contacts, economic ties, and arms sales to regional states. This represents a novel development which is likely to accelerate in the future as China's dependence on Persian Gulf oil grows. China's rising position in the region has put Beijing and Washington at odds and could generate serious friction points in the future. Policy recommendations are sketched to avoid such an outcome.

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