Maritime Security of the Arab Gulf States: Analysis of Current Threats, Confrontation Mechanisms, and Future Challenges

By Ashraf Mohammed Keshk

IntroductionChapter One: Maritime security of the Arabian Gulf countries: Concept and historical dimensions 1 - The concept of maritime security between theory and practice The Sea State theory and the Arab Gulf States2- The history of the maritime security threats to the Arab Gulf countries 'the tanker war'The Role of Geography in Conflicts, "Seas as a Case Study"The Tanker war... a new course for the Iran-Iraq warIllustration of the Western Intervention to Protect Oil TankersThe Position of the Arab Gulf States during the Tanker WarLessons learned from the tanker war3- The legal regulation of sea routes in the Arabian Gulf region "Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab" straits The legal status of international navigation passage in the Strait of HormuzThe legal status of international navigation in the Bab al-Mandab Strait
Chapter Two: History of maritime security threats to the Arabian Gulf countries1- Targeting oil tankers in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of OmanThe First attack May 12, 2019The second attack June 13, 2019The Third attack; against the tanker Mercer Street (July 29, 2021)2- The Iranian threat to close the Strait of Hormuz3- Piracy, maritime terrorism, illegal smuggling and human traffickingMaritime piracyMaritime TerrorismIllegal smuggling, human trafficking and weapons
Chapter Three: Mechanisms of the Arabian Gulf countries to safeguard maritime security1- The Gulf collective and separate state level The Gulf collective level - The Unified Maritime Duty Force 81 - The GCC Unified Maritime Operations Center for the Gulf countries -The collective Gulf cooperation in maritime securityAt the level of separate Arabian Gulf countries1- State of Kuwait2- The United Arab Emirates3- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia4- The Kingdom of Bahrain5- Qatar6- Sultanate of Oman2- mechanisms of the Gulf countries to counter threats to maritime security at the regional level Role of Djibouti Code of Conduct in countering maritime security threats The Council of the Arab and African Countries bordering the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden3- Gulf countries and international partnerships for maritime security The naval military coalition for maritime security in the GulfEuropean mission to monitor navigation in the Strait of Hormuz 2020
Chapter Four: Obstacles to achieving maritime security for the Arabian Gulf countries1- difficulties facing the Military Coalition for Security of Navigation in the Arabian Gulf2- Building naval capabilities and the gap between the Gulf countries and Iran3- Challenges of employing technology in maritime security4- conflict and rivalry in the Horn of Africa and its impact on the security of maritime navigationStrategic conclusions of the book

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811942455
• ISBN13: 9789811942457
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"