...This chapter provides a theoretical and strategic overview of the U.S. military basing presence in the Gulf from the Second World War to the present. It lays a framework for examining the history of the U.S. military in the Gulf by placing the book within the larger base politics literature...

... Bin Laden Al-Qaeda terrorism base politics Khobar Towers While Oman and Bahrain were negotiating their respective basing agreements with the U.S. military in 1980, Saudi officials were working diligently to disassociate the Saud monarchy from any basing relationship with the United States. When...

.... Though the spread of regional violence since 2011 has triggered questions about the future of the U.S. military basing presence, base politics dynamics are nothing new for either the U.S. military or the respective Gulf Arab host monarchies. External and internal security dynamics are the main drivers...