걸프 지역 영토주권의 한계와 갈등 양상 연구

A Study on Limitation of Territorial Sovereignty and Disputes in the Gulf Region : With a Focus on Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Iran

Given the limitation of the concept of the modern territorial sovereign state which was mainly developed from European history since the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, this study attempts to examine the sovereignty dispute over the territory in the Gulf region. Thus, this research attempts to expose major controversial issues of the territorial conflicts among Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Iran from a historical point of view. In this context, it attempts to analyze territorial disputes over the islands of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs between the UAE and Iran. In addition, issue areas including the Buraimi Oasis, the treaty of Jeddah, and the Shaybah-Zarrarah oil fields were discussed for the purpose of illuminating territorial disputes between Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The findings contribute to the understanding of the limitations of Western-centered concept of the territorial sovereignty on the Gulf states.