Gulf 2000 project
Encyclopedia
The Gulf/2000 Project is a cultural and academic project created in 1993 with backing and sponsorship by Columbia University
's School of International and Public Affairs
. It is directed by Gary Sick
and describes itself as a service to scholars, government officials, business people, journalists and other specialists who have a professional association with the Persian Gulf
and Persian Gulf studies.
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
's School of International and Public Affairs
School of International and Public Affairs
The School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University is one of the most prestigious graduate schools of public policy in the world. Located on Columbia's Morningside Heights campus in the Borough of Manhattan, in New York City, the School has 15,000 graduates in more than 150...
. It is directed by Gary Sick
Gary Sick
Gary G. Sick is an American academic and analyst of Middle East affairs, with special expertise on Iran, who served on the U.S. National Security Council under Presidents Ford, Carter, and for a couple weeks under Reagan as well...
and describes itself as a service to scholars, government officials, business people, journalists and other specialists who have a professional association with the Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...
and Persian Gulf studies.