Research Article
Anglo-American Rivalry in Basra Gulf: From Buraimi Conflict to Bermuda Conference; a Shift in Power in the Gulf, 1950-1957
Abstract
American entry in to Basra Gulf due to its expansionist policy caused a conflict of
interest with its most strategic ally, Britain. Anglo-American rivalry through the 1950s, in
Arabia, Iran, and Egypt, negatively impacted regional countries’ relations with one another.
Due to the American presence in the Middle East, it was crucial to determine borders
of concessioned areas of petroleum companies. This article also handles historical causes
of hegemony crisis over Buraimi Oasis when Saudi hegemony in East Arabian frontiers
was questioned. Saudi claims over Buraimi supported by US through Aramco while other
regional players, Abu Dhabi and Oman, supported by Britain.
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Basra Körfezi’nde İngiliz - Amerikan Rekabeti: Bureymi Krizi’nden Bermuda Konferansı’na Körfez’de Güç Değişimi (1950-1957)
Abstract
ABD’nin yayılmacı bir politikayla Basra Körfezi’ne girişi zamanla en mühim müttefiki
İngiltere ile bazı anlaşmazlıklar yaşamasına yol açmıştır. 1950’li yıllarda Arabistan,
İran ve Mısır’da yaşanan İngiliz – Amerikan rekabeti bölge ülkeleri arasındaki ilişkilere
doğrudan tesir etmeye başlıyordu. ABD’nin Ortadoğu’ya girişiyle birlikte bazı petrol
şirketlerinin imtiyaz sahalarının hududunu belirleme ihtiyacı doğmuştu. Bu makalede,
Doğu Arabistan’da Suudi hâkimiyetinin sınırlarının sorgulandığı bir dönemde Bureymi
Çölü üzerinde yaşanan egemenlik krizinin sebepleri tarihi arka planıyla birlikte ele alınmıştır.
Bureymi’de hak iddia eden Suudi Arabistan, bölgede petrol aramayı hedefleyen
Aramco Şirketi vasıtasıyla ABD’nin desteğini alırken aynı bölgede hak iddia eden Ebu
Dabi Emiri ve Maskat-Umman Sultanı İngilizlerden destek almıştır.
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Bromley, Simon, American Hegemony and World Oil: The Industry, the State System and the World Economy, The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1991. Burk, Kathleen, “Anglo-American Relations: Where we are, and how we got there”, Gresham College’da 21 Ekim 2003’te sunulan tebliğ metni. Curtis, Mark, Web Of Deceit: Britain’s Real Role in the World, Londra, 2003. Dobson, Alan P., Marsh, Steve, US Foreign Policy Since 1945, 2.bs., 2007. Dunn, Archibald J., British Interests in the Persian Gulf, Londra, Central Asian Society, 1907. _________, “Basra Körfezi’ndeki İngiliz Çıkarları”, tercüme Zekeriya Kurşun, Türk Kültürü İncelemeleri Dergisi, sayı 3, İstanbul, 2000. Fain, W. Taylor, American Ascendance and British Retreat in the Persian Gulf Region, 2008. Finnie, David H., Shifting Lines in the Sand: Kuwait’s Elusive Frontier with Iraq, Harvard University Press, 1992. Gendzier, Irene L., Notes from the Minefield, United States Intervention in Lebanon and the Middle East, 1945-1958, New York, Colombia University Press, 2006. Hawley, Donald, The Trucial States, 1971. Hinds, Matthew Fallon, “Anglo-American Relations in Saudi Arabia, 1941-1945: A Study of a Trying Relationship”, (Unpublished Doctoral Thesis), London School of Economics, Londra, 2012. Hurst, Steven, Cold War US Foreign Policy: Key Perspectives, Edinburgh University Press, 2005. _________, The United States and Iraq since 1979: Hegemony, Oil and War, Edinburgh University Press, 2009. Hut, Davut, “Bağdat Demiryolu ve Petrol Mücadelesi”, Die Bagdadbahn, ed. M. Florian Hertsch, Mutlu Er, Hamburg, 2016. Hüseyin Abdülkadir Muhi el-Temimi, “Suudi Arabistan ve Ebu Dabi Arasında Hur el-Adîd İhtilafı ve İngiltere’nin Tutumu, 1934-1952”, Mart 2012. (Makalenin Arapça aslı: حسين عبد القادر محي التميمي، الخلاف بشأن خور العديد بين السعودية 1952 ( والموقف البريطاني منه .- دورية كان التاريخية.- العدد الخامس عشر؛ - وأبو ظبي ) 1934 15 - (.مارس 2012 . ص 9 Jayne, Catherine E., Oil, War, and Anglo-American Relations: American and British Reactions to Mexico’s Expropriation of Foreign Oil Properties, 1937- 1941, Londra, 2001. Karshenas, Massoud, Oil, State and Industrialization in Iran, Cambridge University Press, 1990. Kelly, J. B., Eastern Arabian Frontiers, Londra, 1964. Kinzer, Steven, “How to Overthrow A Government Pt. 1: The 1953 U.S. Coup in Iran”, 5 Mart 2004. Kurşun, Zekeriya, “II. Abdülhamid’i Tahttan Kimler İndirdi?”, http:// www.zekeriyakursun.com/iiabdulhamidi-tahttan-kimler-indirdi/ (erişim tarihi: 13.08.2017) _________, Basra Körfezi’nde Osmanlı-İngiliz Çekişmesi, Katar’da Osmanlılar, Ankara, TTK, 2004. Louis, William Roger, Ends of British Imperialism: The Scramble for Empire, Suez, and Decolonization, I.B.Tauris, 2006. Mahdi, Ahmed, Energy and US Foreign Policy: The Quest for Resource Security After the Cold War, Londra, I.B.Tauris, 2012. Mills, Thomas C., Post-War Planning on the Periphery: Anglo-American Economic Diplomacy in South America, 1939-1945, Edinburgh University Press, 2012. Morton, Michael Quentin, “The Buraimi Affair: Oil Prospecting and Drawing the Frontiers of Saudi Arabia”, Asian Affairs, c.46, n.1, 2015. Newsom, David D., The Imperial Mantle: The United States, Decolonization, and the Third World, Indiana University Press, 2001. Okumuş, Ali, Osmanlı Coğrafyası’nda Petrol Mücadelesi, Kalust S. Gülbenkyan ve Türk Petrol Şirketi, İstanbul, ORDAF, 2015. Onley, James, “Britain’s Informal Empire in the Gulf, 1820-1971”, Journal of Social Affairs, c.2, sayı 87, 2005. Petersen, Tore T., The Middle East Between the Great Powers, Anglo-American Conflict and Cooperation, 1952-7, Palgrave Macmillan, 2000. Philip, George, Oil and Politics in Latin America: Nationalist Movements and State Companies, Cambridge University Press, 1982. Potter, Lawrence G., “Arabia and Iran”, The Emergence of the Gulf States: Studies in Modern History, ed. J. E. Peterson, Londra, 2016. Randall, Stephen J., United States Foreign Oil Policy Since World War I: For Profits and Security, 2. bs., McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2005. Spiegel, Steven L, The Other Arab-Israeli Conflict: Making America’s Middle East Policy, from Truman to Reagan, The University of Chicago Press, 1985. Stokes, Doug, Raphael, Sam, Global Energy Security and American Hegemony, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. Weisburd, A. Mark, Use of Force: The Practice of States Since World War II, The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997. Wevill, Richard, Britain and America After World War II, Bilateral Relations and the Beginnings of the Cold War, I.B.Tauris, 2011. Yergin, Daniel, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, 2008. Gazeteler “Anglo-American Oil Conference”, Newcastle Sun, 8 Mart 1944. “Bakü Petrol Sahasına Tayyare Taarruzu”, Cumhuriyet, 23.02.1940. “Compagnie Francaise Des Petroles”, Financial Times, 20 Temmuz 1953. “First Tanker Loads” Financial Times, 2 Aralık 1950. “İngiltere ve Arap Âlemi”, Milliyet, 1 Ağustos 1951. “İran Şehinşahı tahtından feragat etti”, Cumhuriyet, 17.09.1941. “Oil Concessions: Anglo-American Gains, A French Protest”, Kalgoorlie Miner, 13 Ocak 1947. “Petrol İhtilâfı Hal Yoluna Girdi”, Milliyet, 1 Ağustos 1951. “Soviet oil Men for Syria”, Times, 13 Ocak 1958. “Suriye’nin İddiaları Hayretle Karşılandı”, Akşam, 28 Mart 1955. “Syrians and Oil Pipeline”, Financial Times, 24 Aralık 1948. “U.S. And Arabian Pipeline”, Times, 3 Haziran 1944. “Yeni Şehinşah iktidarı eline aldı”, Cumhuriyet, 18.09.1941.
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| Journal Section | Researches and Studies |
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| Publication Date | December 29, 2017 |
| Acceptance Date | December 29, 2017 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2017 Issue: 10 - Autumn |
