Introduction Tim Niblock 1 The Role of East Asian Countries in the Evolving Security Dynamics and Architecture of the Gulf Region Tim Niblock 2 The Gulf Security Imbroglio: Shaping an Asian Initiative for a New Regional Cooperative Security Architecture Talmiz Ahmad 3 Saudi Arabia and the US Alliance: No Place for an Asian Alternative? Mohammed Turki Al-Sudairi 4 Kuwait and East Asia: from the 1950s to Today Dania Thafer 5 Iran and East Asian Countries: the Economic Dialogue and its Strategic Implications Nikolay Kozhanov 6 Structural Change in the International Oil and Gas Markets and its Impact on China-GCC Relations Yang Guang 7 The Relevance of China’s 10-Year Development Guidelines for China-GCC Relations Chen Mo 8 Gulf Strategic Partnership in the East Asian Context: Hong Kong as China’s Gateway of Islamic Finance? Ho Wai-Yip 9 Japan’s Politico-Strategic Relations with the Gulf Yukiko Miyagi 10 The Demise of Japan’s Independent Policy in the Middle East Keiko Sakai 11 The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force and Regional Security in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf: Looking Towards 2023 Hirotake Ishiguro 12 The Changing Strategic Interests of the Gulf-South Korea Relationship: from Nuclear to Military Cooperation Jeongmin Seo