Oil and water

"Oil and Water are vital ingredients for world prosperity - even survival - but they create vast potential for regional and international conflict. The Persian Gulf, so rich in oil, so poor in water, has long been one such flashpoint with possible consequences in every continent. In this region, perhaps more than most, urgent thinking must be done to avoid the potentially catastrophic global effects a regional conflict would entail - not just on a political-security level, but for worldwide oil and water resources. Bjorn Moller's work, which includes contributions from some of the leading international relations scholars from the Gulf, the USA and Europe, analyses the political and security structure of the Gulf and sets out the dangers and fault-lines running through the region. It provides both a close theoretical analysis and a range of possible pragmatic solutions - of intense interest to international relations scholars and practitioners in diplomacy, politics and business. The Persian Gulf is a region that has been thousands of years in the making - its complex history, and the conflicting sense of regional identity of its constituent parts bearing testament to the great poli