Regional and International Powers in the Gulf Security

Alaa Al-Din Arafat formerly taught in the National Security and Defence Studies programme at Oman National Defence College and Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. He was a professor of Middle East Studies at the French University in Egypt and an Associate Researcher at London University, SOAS, UK. He is the author of The Mubarak Leadership and Future in Democracy in Egypt (New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2009), Egypt in Crisis: The Fall of Islamism and Prospects of Democratization (2018), and The Rise of Islamism in Egypt (2017).

• Chapter 1: Theoretical Framework.- Chapter 2: The United States and the Persian Gulf Security.- Chapter 3: Rising Powers and the Persian Gulf Security.- Chapter 4: Iran's, Saudi Arabia's, Defence and Security Strategy.- Chapter 5: Iran-Saudi Geopolitical Rivalry.- Chapter 6: Turkey and the Persian Gulf: From Zero Problems with Neighbors to Zero Friends.- Chapter 7: The GCC Threats and Security Challenges.