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Article: Small Islands, Big Politics: The Tonbs and Abu Musa in the Persian Gulf.
- Article from:
- Denver Journal of International Law and Policy
- Article date:
- January 1, 1997
- Author:
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HOOSHANG AMIRAHMADI (Ed.), St. Martin's Press, New York, NY (1996); ($45.00); ISBN 0-312-15910-2; 200 pp. (hardcover).
Despite their small size and lack of natural resources, the islands of Abu Musa and the Tonbs have been the subject of big politics over the years. Global powers, such as the U.S., Russia, and England, have used the islands as a political tool, as have regional powers in the Persian Gulf Currently, Abu Musa and the Tonbs are the subject of a territorial dispute between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Small Islands, Big Politics presents the Iranian position on this dispute from three different perspectives: historical, geographical, and ...