Download or read book Engaging Iran and Building Peace in the Persian Gulf Region written by Volker Perthes and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Trilateral Commission was formed in 1973 by private citizens of Europe, Japan, and North America to foster closer cooperation among these three democratic industrialized regions on common problems. It seeks to improve public understanding of such problems, to support proposals for handling them jointly, and to nurture habits and practices of working together. The Trilateral countries are nations in Europe, North America, and Pacific Asia that are both democratic and have market economies. They include the member and candidate member nations of the European Union, the three nations of North America, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand."--BOOK JACKET.