The Interests of the United States of America in the Persian Gulf Countries and Security Problems

Abstract

Energy resources play an important role in the process of organizing the national security of a state, which is why establishing control over them is one of the most important goals. That is why the countries of the Persian Gulf are the subject of interest of the leading states of the world, the epicenter of the struggle to secure control over the natural resources of the region. The Persian Gulf is an area of special interest in this direction because it is where the largest reserves of hydrocarbon resources in the world are located today.

The Persian Gulf region includes eight states, of which, except for Iran, all countries are Arab (Iraq, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Oman). The vast majority of them have the largest deposits of hydrocarbon resources, which determines the great interest in them in the world.

Since oil and natural gas have an important place in the modern world economy, the role of countries with these natural resources in world politics is also great. Since the countries of the Persian Gulf have the largest reserves of natural gas and oil in the world, it can be said that the strategic importance of this region will increase in the coming decades.

The relevance of the research is also determined by the fact that the successful pursuit of the above-mentioned states' own strategic interests is facilitated by systematic intelligence activities. Along with this, the relevance of the research is defined by the fact that on the international level from a military-political point of view, the region is important due to the possibilities of deployment of military bases in the target states, including through intelligence activities, and to identify the threats expected from them.