Russia's relations with the GCC and Iran

Chapter 1. Russia's Return to the Middle East: What's Driving It? -- Chapter 2. New Old Key Player: What to Expect from the Russia's Growing Role in the Middle East -- Chapter 3. GCC within the Russian Diplomacy towards the Middle East: Moscow's Plans and Reality -- Chapter 4. Gulf Crisis and Russia: Western Concerns, Hopes, Expectations -- Chapter 5. Going beyond politics: Russian Energy Interests in the Gulf Region -- Chapter 6. Oil, gas and politics: prospect for Russian economic cooperation with the Gulf -- Chapter 7. Russia Between Iran and the GCC: Eternal Balancing Act -- Chapter 8. Russian-Iranian Relations: Impact on the Gulf Interests -- Chapter 9. Russia and the Future of Syria: Political Process and Prospects for the Economic Reconstruction -- Chapter 10. Russian Presence in Syria: Regional Views -- Chapter 11. Russia's Policy Toward the War in Yemen: Its Roles and Ambitions -- Chapter 12. Broker, partner or troublemaker: Russian involvement in regional conflicts and GCC interests.

Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Understanding Russia's Relations with the GCC -- 2 About the Volume -- 2 New-Old Key Player: What to Expect from Russia's Growing Role in the Middle East -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Russian Relations with the Middle East from the Cold War to 2010 -- 3 Crisis at Home, and Challenges Abroad -- 4 Russian Interest in the Middle East Revives After 2010 -- 4.1 Russia's Syrian Intervention -- 4.2 Public Support -- 5 Impact of Syrian Intervention on Russia's Relations with Other Middle East States -- 5.1 Gulf Arab States -- 5.2 Iran -- 5.3 Israel -- 5.4 Turkey -- 5.5 Balancing Acts-Libya, Egypt, Turkey and Qatar -- 6 Trump's Impact on Russian Policy Towards the Middle East -- 7 Where the Russian Intervention Is Headed -- 8 Conclusion -- 3 What's Driving Russia's Return to the Middle East? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Search for Self-Identity -- 3 Soviet Legacy -- 4 A Domestic Dimension -- 5 Russia's Interests in the Middle East -- 6 A Burden of Partnership -- 6.1 Turkey -- 6.2 Israel -- 6.3 Iran -- 6.4 Saudi Arabia -- 7 The Middle East: A Window of Opportunity or a Trap for Russia? -- 4 Russian Foreign Policy in the Gulf: A Quest for Regional Partnerships and Opportunities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Brief Overview of the History of Relations -- 3 Current Russian Interests in the Gulf -- 3.1 Russia's Economic Interests in the Gulf -- 3.2 Political Interests -- 3.3 National Security, Counterterrorism, and Islamic Dimension of Russia-GCC Ties -- 4 Russia's Potential Partners in the Gulf -- 5 Russian Arms Sales and the Collective Security of the Gulf -- 6 Conclusion -- 5 Russia and the Gulf States: Between West and East -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The United States, the West and the Gulf -- 3 The Gulf Pivot to the East -- 4 Russia-Between East and West -- 5 Conclusion.