Maritime Security of the Arab Gulf States

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

Ashraf Mohammed Keshk is a research fellow and the director of the Strategic and International Studies Program at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies "Derasat" since 2012. He is also the editor-in-chief of "Derasat" journal, a semi-annual publication comprising analyses and studies on strategic, political, international, economic, security, and energy issues, with a special focus on Gulf and Arab affairs. Dr. Keshk holds a Ph.D. degree in Political Science from Cairo University. His thesis was nominated by Cairo University as the best Ph.D. thesis in Political Science in 2009. For more than twenty-five years, Dr. keshk has been specializing in regional security issues of the Arabian Gulf, as well as defense issues, especially the regional and international alliances. He worked as an academic mentor at the NATO Defense College in Rome, as part of the Crisis Management Exercise (CMX) which was conducted from 2009 till 2018, and gave several lectures to the College students. Keshk holds also a Defense Studies diploma from NATO Defense College, which he accomplished during a four-month scholarship.