Product Description: The shock discovery of oil in the Gulf States thrust them from relative obscurity to the forefront of international finance and politics. It coincided with the breakdown of the international monetary system and the twin food and energy crisis, all of which helped to magnify the impact of the oil price increases...read more

Product Description: This book is an analysis of how oil has affected governance and human, political, and economic development in the countries of the Persian Gulf and shaped these countries' relations with the rest of the world.

Product Description: The global energy sector may be more subject to market forces than it used to be, but management is still required in the interests of both producers and consumers. Market management is not easy, however, in unstable regions such as the Middle East...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This discussion of economic development in the GCC examines the blessing and the curse of oil. It looks at: economic policies for depletable resource-based economies; the role of the state; the private sector; population, resources and the environment; and regional economic integration...read more

An incisive, meticulously researched look at the political regimes, policies, and economies which have made the oil-rich Persian Gulf the world's most strategic area and a major source of predicaments for the West

Product Description: Considers the geopolitical environment of the Arab Gulf and the nature and range of threats to Western interests in the region. It also examines the political and economic resources in the Gulf that can be marshalled to protect those interests.