Arabian Gulf security : internal and external challenges / Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research

"12th Annual Conference of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research held from 5 - 7 March 2007 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-512) and index.

Foreword / Dr. Jamal S. Al-Suwaidi -- Introduction -- Keynote Addresses -- Security Challenges in the Gulf countries / HH Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan -- Security in the Gulf Region / HE Abdel Rahman Al-Attiyah -- Challenges and Dangers Facing the Gulf Region / HRH Prince Turki Al-Faisal bin Abdel Aziz Al Saud -- Arabian Gulf Security: Internal and External Challenges / HE Terje Rod-Larsen -- An Overall Perspective of Gulf Security / HE Lt. General Fahad Ahmad Al-Amir -- 1. Iran: Weaking or Hegemon?/ Anthony H. Cordesman -- 2. Perceptions of Power and Multiplicity of Interests: Iran's Regional Security Policy / Mahmoud Sariolghal -- 3. Security Situation in Iraq and its Repercussions on the Gulf Region / Abdullah Al-Shayji -- 4. Gulf Security Following the Invasion of Iraq / Gareth Stansfield -- 5. From the Cold War to the War on Terror: A US Perspective on Arabian Gulf Security / David Mack -- 6. European Perspective on Gulf Security / Johannes Reissner -- 7. Foreign Military Presence in the Gulf and its Role in Reinforcing Regional Security: A Double-Edged Sword / John E. Peterson -- 8. Risk: Perspectives from the Private Sector / Frederic Sicre -- 9. Economic Diversity and its Significance in Diversifying Income Sources in the GCC States / Jassem Hussain Ali -- 10. Free Trade Agreements and Economic Security in the GCC Countries / Hamad Suleiman Al-Bazie -- 11. Growing Asian Economic Interest in the Arabian Gulf Region / Subbaraman Narayan -- 12. Terrorism: Causes of Dissemination and Methods of Combating / Fouad Allam -- 13. Impact of Terrorism on our Societies and Methods to Combat it / Ali bin Fayez Al-Jahni -- 14. Internal and Cross-Border Organized Crime in the Gulf / Ali bin Abdel Rahman Al-Duaij -- 15. Migrant Labor Force and the Security Situation in the Gulf Region / Mohammed Ibrahim Dito -- 16. Migrant Labor Force in the Gulf Region: A New Approach / Shafeeq Al-Ghabra -- 17. The Imbalance in the Population Structure and its Impact on the States of the Region / Maitha Al-Shamsi.