| Contents (title) | Author | Page (start) | Page (end) |
| The Shia Protocols: The Iranian Project of Shiite proselytism | Marina Eleftheriadou | 2 | 5 |
| A neutral mediator? An overview of Qatar’s diplomacy | Ilias Tasopoulos | 6 | 8 |
| Iran’s relations with the Gulf States: The unwanted hegemon | Anna Apostolidou | 9 | 11 |
| Al Jazeera’s role in the regional system:”All of this noise…from a tiny matchbox?” | A.Karal | 12 | 14 |
| Turkey and the Arab Gulf: Is Turkey looking eastwards? | Chrysoula Toufexi | 15 | 17 |
| The role of the Arab Gulf States in the Palestinian-Israeli Peace Process | Nada Ghandour-Demiri | 18 | 19 |
| Special Report, Somali Piracy and the Arabian Peninsula | Styliani Saliari | 20 | 22 |
| Book Review, Brynjar Lia, Architect of Global Jihad, New York: Columbia University Press, 2008 | Marina Eleftheriadou | 23 | 26 |
