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F orging a N ew S ecurity O rder for the P ersian G ulf
Author(s) -
Kraig Michael Ryan
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
middle east policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1475-4967
pISSN - 1061-1924
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4967.2006.00240.x
Subject(s) - persian , forging , political science , order (exchange) , ancient history , geology , history , engineering , business , philosophy , mechanical engineering , theology , finance
The Importance of Persian Gulf Security In large part due to US political leadership and the growth of transportation, finance, and information technologies since World War II, regional, global, and national security are impossible to separate. Oil and natural gas are the primary drivers of the entire global economy, both in the developing world and in the First World. Regional security in the Gulf is therefore inherently tied to socioeconomic development throughout the world. And insofar as socioeconomic development has become a preeminent global security issue in the post-9/11 world—under the heading of preventing terrorism through treating “root causes”—Gulf security constitutes a global public good.