Oil in the Gulf: obstacles to democracy and development

The predicament of the gulf rentier state / Øystein Noreng

The future of the Saudi Arabian economy: possible effects on the world oil market / Ådne Cappelen and Robin Choudhury

The reformist movement in Iran / Mehrzad Boroujerdi

The psychology of corruption in Azerbaijan and Iran / Daniel Heradstveit and G. Matthew Bonham

Energy supply as terrorist targets? Patterns of "petroleum terrorism" 1968-99 / Brynjar Lia and Åshild Kjøk

Shi'i perspectives on a federal Iraq: territory, community and ideology in conceptions of a new polity / Reidar Visser

Understanding the complexities of the gulf: concluding remarks / Helge Hveem.