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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798174503321

Autore

Cordesman Anthony H.

Titolo

The Arab-U.S. strategic partnership and the changing security balance in the Gulf : joint and asymmetric warfare, missiles and missile defense, civil war and non-state actors, and outside powers / / author, Anthony H. Cordesman with Michael Peacock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-5899-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (623 p.)

Collana

CSIS Reports

Disciplina

327.73056

Soggetti

Security, International - Persian Gulf Region

Military weapons - Persian Gulf Region

Ballistic missiles - Persian Gulf Region

Persian Gulf Region Armed Forces

Persian Gulf Region Defenses

United States Military relations Persian Gulf Region

Persian Gulf Region Military relations United States

Persique, Région du golfe Forces armées

États-Unis Relations militaires Persique, Région du golfe

Persique, Région du golfe Relations militaires États-Unis

Middle East Persian Gulf Region

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Report of the CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy."

"October 2015."

Nota di contenuto

The security balance : the changing balance of the Gulf forces and regional threats -- Military expenditures -- Arms imports -- Ground forces -- Naval forces -- Air forces -- Land-based air defense forces -- Surface-to-surface missiles -- Missile defenses -- Nuclear forces -- Extremism and terrorism, failed state wars and paramilitary and security forces -- U.S. forces in the Gulf and total power projection capabilities.



Sommario/riassunto

This new report from the CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy provides a 2015 assessment of the Gulf military balance, the military capabilities of each Gulf state, the role of the United States as a security partner, and the priorities for change in the structure of both the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab Gulf military partnership with the United States.