Gulf security : opportunities and challenges for the new generation / edited by Sean McKnight, Neil Partrick and Francis Toase.

Papers contributed to a conference held July 12-14, 1999, and organized by RMAS and RUSI.

Includes bibliographical references.

Gulf security : an overview of future trends and responses / Neil Partrick -- Message of HM King Abdullah II of Jordan -- Securing the Gulf : the role of the United Kingdom / George Robertson -- Prospects for closer GCC military and political cooperation / Andrew Rathmell -- A view from the Gulf / Othman Al-Rawaf -- Regional border disputes / Richard Schofield -- Iran's internal power struggle / Ali Ansari -- The impact of US and EU policy / Christopher Rundle -- Gulf security : Iran's priorities -- Saddam's support structure / Mustafa Alani -- What would a post-Saddam Iraq look like? / Tim Niblock -- Economic prosperity : a prerequisite for security in the Gulf / Nemir Kirdar -- Weapons of mass destruction : threat perceptions in the Gulf / Jamal Suweidi -- Weapons of mass destruction : deterrence and defence / Robert Joseph -- Prospects for a Middle Eastern arms control regime / Peter Jones -- Prospects, dangers and choices / Fred Halliday -- External challenges : state and non-state / Magnus Ranstorp -- Security and inclusion : regime responses to domestic challenges in the Gulf / Gerd Nonneman -- Declining oil revenues in the GCC state : a threat or an opportunity? / Paul Stevens -- Operational challenges : facing credible Armed Forces in the region / Lord Inge -- The United Kingdom and Gulf security.