Chapter one, Anoush Ehteshami (University of Durham), Neil Quilliam (Chatham House), Gawdat Bahgat (Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University): Introduction
Chapter two, Shireen Hunter (Georgetown University): Iran’s Policy towards the Persian Gulf
Chapter three, Richard L. Russell (Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University): The Gulf in a Wider Context: Outside Nation-States in the Intensifying Iranian-Arab Security Competition
Chapter four, Steven Wright (Qatar University): Iran’s Relations with Bahrain
Chapter five, Marc Valeri (University of Exeter): Iran-Oman Relations since the 1970s: A Mutually-Beneficial Modus Vivendi
Chapter six, Kristian Coates Ulrichsen (Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy): Iran-UAE Relations
Chapter seven, Hasan Johar (Kuwait University): Iran and Kuwait
Chapter Eight, Mehran Kamrava (Georgetown University – Doha): Iran and Qatar
Chapter Nine, Awdah Al-Badi (King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies): Iran and Saudi Arabia
Chapter ten, James Walsh (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): Iran and Iraq
Gawdat Bahgat is a Professor of National Security at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University. He has written more than 10 books and approximately 200 scholarly articles. His work has been translated to several foreign languages.
Dr Neil Quilliam is acting head of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Programme at Chatham House. He first joined Chatham House as a senior research fellow in January 2014, then as senior consulting fellow from September 2014. He previously served as senior MENA energy adviser at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), senior MENA analyst at Control Risks, London, and senior programme officer at the United Nations University, Amman.
Professor Anoushiravan Ehteshami is the Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah Professor of International Relations and Director of the HH Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah Programme in International Relations, Regional Politics and Security in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University.
This book provides a detailed analysis of the complicated relations between Iran and its Arab neighbours. Arab perceptions of Iran, its regional policies and role in the Arab region, have never been more complicated than today. How is one to make sense of the increasingly complex and at times tense relationship between Iran and its Arab neighbours? Given the strategic significance of this sub-region and the importance of relations between its states to international security, this edited volume systematically accounts for each Arab neighbour’s perception, policies and approach towards the Islamic republic, for the first time providing a clear and detailed comparative analysis of these relationships. This book, bringing together a group of leading scholars of the region, not only provides a clear lens for the policy community through which to gauge the causes of change and the reasons for continuity in relations, but also offers an invaluable tool for scholars of the wider region and the growing community of researchers focusing on this sub-region.