Great powers and regional orders : the United States and the Persian Gulf / edited by Markus Kaim.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

U.S. policy and the regional order of the Persian Gulf : the analytical framework / Markus Kaim -- U.S. strategy towards the Persian Gulf : from rogue states to failed states : The changing threat and its implications / Phebe Marr -- Charting U.S. security strategy in the Persian Gulf / James A. Russell -- United States oil diplomacy in the Persian Gulf / Gawdat Bahgat -- U.S. democracy promotion in the Persian Gulf / Steven A. Cook -- The domestic politics of U.S. policy towards the Persian Gulf / Lars Berger -- Has public diplomacy failed? : the U.S. media strategy towards the Middle East and the regional perception of U.S. foreign policy / Carola Richter -- The mechanisms of power-balancing in the Persian Gulf : internal factors-external challenges / Henner Fћurtig -- From local to global jihad and back : Islamist terrorists and their impact on U.S. gulf policy / Guido Steinberg -- Societal change in Saudi-Arabia and U.S. regional policy / Joshua Pollacki -- The perils of nation-building in Iraq : the implications for U.S. policy in the Middle East / Liam Anderson -- The EU policy towards the Persian Gulf / Bjýrn Mýller -- Pax Americana in the Persian Gulf and the contradictions of Russian foreign policy / Stephen Blank -- Sino-Gulf relations and the United States : dark cloud-silver lining? / John Calabrese -- U.S. gulf policy : challenges for the next U.S. administration / Markus Kaim.