World Affairs

Vol. 3, Number 2 (Apr.–Jun. 1999)

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• Letter from the Executive Editor

 

Interview:

• Regional Cooperation in the Gulf
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  In an exclusive interview to World Affairs, Jamil I Alhejailan, Secretary General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, discusses the common aspirations of the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States for realising regional unity in the Arab World.

 

Comment:

• Persian Gulf: Problems and Prospects

  The Persian Gulf region is witnessing a broad array of changes in the post-cold war era. Girijesh Pant, Mohammad-Reza Djalili, and Barry Rubin discuss the different facets of these mutations.

 

Articles:

• Alliances and Strategy: Rethinking Security
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  As we enter the new millennium, we are leaving behind the age of classical alliances, notes Alvin Z Rubinstein. The nuclear age has rendered them obsolete.

• Russia and India: In Search of a New Strategy

  Although Russia’s interest in India has declined after the demise of the Soviet Union, there is now an active search for a new pattern of bilateral relationships, writes Artem Rudnitsky.

 

Review Essay:

• Taliban Fundamentalism: The Turmoils of Afghanistan, by Angelo Rasanayagam

 

Text and Documents:

1. A Dialogue on Global Security

2. Joint Statement EU-Russia Summit

3. Joint US-China Statement