Security in the Gulf : historical legacies and future prospects / edited by Matteo Legrenzi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. From here we begin: A Survey of Scholarship on the International Relations of the Gulf / Fred Lawson -- 2. The Power of Narrative: Saudi Arabia, the United States and the Search for Security / Patrick Conge and Gwenn Okruhlik -- 3. La Longue Dureé and Energy Security in the Gulf / Mary Ann Tet́reault -- 4. Jihad, yes, but not revolution: Explaining the extraversion of Islamist violence in Saudi Arabia / Thomas Hegghammer -- 5. Saudi Arabia and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process: The Fluctuation of Regional Coordination / Joseph Kostiner -- 6. Dubai and the United Arab Emirates: Security Threats / Christopher M. Davidson -- 7. Iraq's Gulf Policy and Regime Security from the Monarchy to the post-Baathist Era / Ibrahim Al-Marashi -- 8. Islamic Utopian Romanticism and the Foreign Policy Culture of Iran / Arshin Adib-Moghaddam.

This book examines Gulf Security in a holistic way seeing past the narrow military aspect and also trying to debunk the conventional narratives propagated by regional and external actors. In particular, the emphasis is be on the historical legacy of Gulf security and the fundamental domestic and international vulnerabilities of the various states in the region.