VOL. XLI

No. 23

8-June-1998

Energy Security In The Gulf

by Hisham M. Nazer

There follows the text of an address delivered by Mr. Hisham Nazer, former SaudiArabian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources and currently Chairman of the NazerGroup, at the Gulf Security Conference held in London on 29-30 April 1998.

Almost instantly when the issue of "security" arises the question of theidentity of the "adversary" emerges as the most relevant component in theequation. Allow me to say at the outset...