A collection of papers presented at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association of North America, held at Seattle in November 1981.

The Sultanate of Oman and American security interests in the Arabian Gulf /Calvin H. Allen, Jr. -- The behavioral correlates of Rentier economies: A case study of Saudi Arabia / Monte Palmer, Ibrahim Fahad Alghofaily, and Saud Mohammed Alnimir -- The impact of petroleum exports on the Saudi Arabian economy / Robert E. Looney -- The interplay between opposition activity in Saudi Arabia and recent trends in the Arab World / Alexander Bligh -- Yemen: Revolution versus tradition / Robert W. Stookey -- OPEC and the third world: The case of Arab aid / Nazih N. M. Ayubi