From 1980 to 2002, two bloody wars and the possibility of a third have characterized the Persian Gulf region. Emerging from a series of meetings of the International Commission for Security and Co-operation in West Asia, this volume consists of contributions from scholars and diplomats searching for the peaceful settlement of regional disputes and the establishment of a durable security regime. Peace scholars from Iran, Iraq and Kuwait edit the volume - the three countries that were at war in 1980-88 and 1990-91.

Majid Tehranian is currently Professor of International Communication at the University of Hawaii and Director of the TODA Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research. He is the author of a number of books on international relations and edits Peace and Policy.