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ARAB STATES OF THE PERSIAN GULFFOREIGN RELATIONS AND UNITED STATES INTERESTS; ARAB STATES OF THE PERSIAN GULFFOREIGN RELATIONS AND UNITED STATES INTERESTS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1 KUWAIT: SECURITY, REFORM, AND U.S. POLICY; SUMMARY; KUWAITI GOVERNMENT CHANGES AND POLITICAL REFORM; The National Assembly and Disputes with the Ruling Family; Post-Succession Crises: Assembly Suspensionsand Elections in 2006 and 2008; Political Crisis Continues: 2009 Election and Subsequent Disputes; Broader Arab Uprisings Add to Kuwait's Political Crises; Prospects and U.S. Responses.

1: Marr, Phebe: Iraq: troubles and tension. - 1997. - 4 S. - (Strategic Forum; No. 123); 2: Clawson, Patrick: Iran: torn by domestic disputes. - 1997. - 4 S. - (Strategic Forum; No. 124); 3: Yaphe, Judith S.: Saudi Arabia: uncertain stability. - 1997. - 4 S. - (Strategic Forum; No. 125)

Contents: The challenge to the territorial integrity of Iraq, by Ofra Bengio; the United States and the Persian Gulf: preventing regional hegemony, by Zalmay Khalilzad.

Throughout the past decade, Russia's main sovereign wealth fund (SWF) - Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) - has forged strategic partnerships in the Middle East to obtain billions in investment for Russia's energy and infrastructure sectors among others. The oil-rich Arab Persian Gulf states' SWFs have been the main Middle Eastern sources of this investment. Saudi, Kuwaiti, Emirati, and Qatari investment vehicles have focused heavily on Russia's roads, airports, seaports along with the country's major oil, gas, and refining projects.