Tim Niblock, University of Exeter Talmiz Ahmad, Former Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Oman and the UAE Degang Sun, Shanghai International Studies University

• IntroductionTim Niblock 1. Collective Security, Security Communities and the Gulf Region Tim Niblock 2. Prospect for Collective Security in the Gulf: Changing Dynamics of Threat Perception, from Low-Intensity Conflicts to War Siret Hursoy 3. Bridging the Saudi-Iran Doctrinal and Strategic Divide: An Indian-led Role to Shape Regional Collective Security Talmiz Ahmad 4. China's Even-handed Taiqi Diplomacy towards the Gulf Security Degang Sun 5. Sectarianism, Terrorism and Security Dilemmas in the Gulf Region Chengzhang Bao 6. Cold War Modalities - Do They Have a Chance in the Gulf? Erzsébet N. Rózsa 7. Applying the OSCE Model to the Gulf Satoru Nakamura 8. Drawing the Contours of a Cooperative Security Arrangement in the Gulf to Address Non-Traditional Threats - an Indian Engagement Sanjay Singh About the Contributors

Tim Niblock, University of Exeter Talmiz Ahmad, Former Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Oman and the UAE Degang Sun, Shanghai International Studies University

• IntroductionTim Niblock 1. Collective Security, Security Communities and the Gulf Region Tim Niblock 2. Prospect for Collective Security in the Gulf: Changing Dynamics of Threat Perception, from Low-Intensity Conflicts to War Siret Hursoy 3. Bridging the Saudi-Iran Doctrinal and Strategic Divide: An Indian-led Role to Shape Regional Collective Security Talmiz Ahmad 4. China's Even-handed Taiqi Diplomacy towards the Gulf Security Degang Sun 5. Sectarianism, Terrorism and Security Dilemmas in the Gulf Region Chengzhang Bao 6. Cold War Modalities - Do They Have a Chance in the Gulf? Erzsébet N. Rózsa 7. Applying the OSCE Model to the Gulf Satoru Nakamura 8. Drawing the Contours of a Cooperative Security Arrangement in the Gulf to Address Non-Traditional Threats - an Indian Engagement Sanjay Singh About the Contributors