Dr J E Peterson
| Bio | Based in Tucson, Arizona, Dr J. E. Peterson is a historian and political scientist specializing in the Arabian Peninsula and Gulf. He received his PhD from the Johns Hopkins University and has taught at several academic institutions in the USA and worked for the US government and various research institutes. Until 1999, he served as the Historian of the Sultan’s Armed Forces in the Ofï¬ce of the Deputy Prime Minister for Security and Defence in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, and he spent 2000–2001 at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. His books include The Arab Gulf States: Steps Toward Political Participation (Praeger, for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1988), Historical Dictionary of Saudi Arabia (Scarecrow Press, 1993; 2nd ed. Scarecrow Press, 2003) and Defending Oman: A History of the Sultan’s Armed Forces (forthcoming). He has written an Adelphi Paper, Saudi Arabia and the Illusion of Security (2002). His articles on ‘Saudi-American Relations after September 11’ and ‘Bahrain’s First Steps Towards Reform Under Amir Hamad’ appeared in recent issues of Asian Affairs. |
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| URL | http://www.jepeterson.net |
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| The United Arab Emirates: Economic Vibrancy and Us Interests | ||
| Dr J. E. Peterson | ||
| Asian Affairs, Volume 34 Number 2 | July 2003 | |
| Bahrain's First Steps Towards Reform Under Amir Hamad | ||
| Dr J. E. Peterson | ||
| Asian Affairs, Volume 33 Number 2 | July 2002 | |
| The Yemen Arab Republic and the Politics of Balance | ||
| Dr J. E. Peterson | ||
| Asian Affairs, Volume 12 Number 3 | November 1981 | |
| Britain and 'the Oman War': an Arabian Entanglement | ||
| Dr J. E. Peterson | ||
| Asian Affairs, Volume 7 Number 3 | November 1976 | |
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