Defence is the ultimate public good, and it thus falls to government to determine the appropriate amount of public revenue to commit to the defence of the realm. This will depend on history, strategic threat, international security obligations, entreaties from allies and, of course, the threat...

Introduction / Dania Thafer and David B. Des Roches 1. - Security Puzzle in the Gulf: New Sectors and New Challenges / Cihat Battaloglu 8. - GCC Arms Imports: Strategie Assessment and Economic Benefits to the United States / John Duke Anthony 23. - The Istanbul Cooperation Initiative as an...