Author: Anthony H. Cordesman
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: volumes, vol, amp, century, first, arabia, enters, twenty, saudi
Number of Pages: 1048
Published: 2003-04-21
List price: $145.00
ISBN-10: 027598091X
ISBN-13: 9780275980917

With the eyes of the world carefully monitoring tensions in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia has increasingly found itself at the center of political scrutiny in its internal and external relations. With its military capabilities largely dependent upon the United States and other Western forces, Saudi Arabia cannot concentrate on internal change at the expense of external security. At the same time, growing uncertainties in the world energy market continue to have an impact upon nearly every facet of the Saudi economy. With King Fahd’s health in question, and Crown Prince Abdullah already i

Author: Anthony H. Cordesman
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: praeger, security, international, nowhere, escalating, palestinian, war, israeli
Number of Pages: 568
Published: 2005-10-30
List price: $78.95
ISBN-10: 0275987582
ISBN-13: 9780275987589

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is more than a local or regional dispute. Its ongoing and escalating nature increases the risk that the violence will spill over its present borders and contribute to both extremism and terrorism. While the Intifada from 1987 to 1993 was largely a popular uprising and a political struggle, the recent clash is a war with a steady escalation between conventional and unconventional forces. It is in the interest of all major powers, the international community, and the United Nations to press both sides to accept a realistic peace plan.Noted Middle East expert Anth

Author: Anthony H. Cordesman
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: csis, east, middle, balance, military
Number of Pages: 592
Published: 2004-09-30
List price: $60.95
ISBN-10: 0275983994
ISBN-13: 9780275983994

Noted Middle East military expert Anthony H. Cordesman details the complex trends that come into play in determining the military balance in a region that has become so critical to world peace. This ready resource provides a wealth of information on military expenditures and major arms systems, as well as qualitative trends, by country and by zone. However, as Cordesman stresses, because the greater Middle East is more a matter of rhetoric than military reality, mere data summarizing trends in 23 different countries is no substitute for a substantive explanation. Using tables, graphs, and char

Author: Anthony H. Cordesman
Publisher: Center for Strategic & International Studies
Keywords: capabilities, military, developing, iran
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2005-05
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0892064692
ISBN-13: 9780892064694

In this new analysis and assessment, Anthony Cordesman draws on a wide variety of classified and unclassified sources to provide a clearer picture of Iran’s developing military capabilities in 2005.

Author: Anthony H. Cordesman
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: defending, homeland, csis, destruction, mass, asymmetric, warfare, weapons, terrorism
Number of Pages: 456
Published: 2001-11-30
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0275974278
ISBN-13: 9780275974275

New threats require new thinking. State attacks involving long-range missiles or conventional military forces are not the only threat to the U.S. homeland. Covert attacks by state actors, state use of proxies, independent terrorist and extremist attacks by foreign groups or individuals--and even by residents of the United States--are significant issues for future U.S. security. In this comprehensive work, Cordesman offers a range of recommendations, from reevaluating what constitutes a threat and bolstering homeland defense measures, to improving resource allocation and sharpening intelligence

Author: Anthony H Cordesman
Publisher: Westview Press
Keywords: east, dynamic, net, assessment, middle, csis, recovery, security, gulf, war, kuwait
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1997-02-07
List price: $51.00
ISBN-10: 0813332443
ISBN-13: 9780813332444

With the thoroughness that this recently spotlighted nation requires, this volume examines Kuwait’s internal and external security situation after the turbulent days of the Gulf War and investigates continued Western involvement in its safekeeping. It also examines Kuwait’s changing role as an energy exporter.

Author: Anthony H Cordesman
Publisher: Westview Press
Keywords: israeli, military, balance, arab, process, prospects, peace, perilous
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1996-05-31
List price: $41.00
ISBN-10: 0813330742
ISBN-13: 9780813330747

Nobody understands the delicate and dangerous balance of power in the Middle East better than Anthony Cordesman. In "Perilous Prospects", he supplies the first account of the military and security concerns arising out of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and the recent assassination of Prime Minister Rabin. Cordesman considers a number of possible futures for the region and their effects on the peace process, ranging from the outbreak of a new intifada to war between Israel and Syria over the Golan Heights. He also provides an analysis of the internal security requirements of both Israel a