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Cordesman and Al-Rodhan provide an analytic study of how transnational terrorism, the threat of WMD proliferation, and the Iraq insurgency are having impacts upon the strategically vital states of the oil-rich Persian Gulf.

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION: THE NEW BALANCING ACT IN THE GULF II. BAHRAIN III. KUWAIT IV. OMAN V. QATAR VI. SAUDI ARABIA VII. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES NOTES

About the Author

Anthony H. Cordesman is Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a military correspondent for ABC News. A frequent commentator on National Public Radio, he is the author of numerous books on security issues and has served in a number of senior positions in the U.S. government. Khalid R. Al-Rodhan is a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington DC. He is a strategic analyst in Gulf military, economic, and energy affairs. He is the coauthor of several books with Dr. Anthony H. Cordesman on energy security and military strategy including: The Global Oil Market: Risks and Uncertainties (2006), Gulf Military Forces in an Era of Asymmetric Wars (Praeger, 2006), and The Changing Dynamics of Energy in the Middle East (Praeger, 2006).

Reviews

This two-volume work provides a detailed assessment of different national military forces arrayed across the Gulf region. The authors first address the regional military and security picture, addressing such issues as Islamist terrorism, growing Iranian regional power, Iraq as a power vacuum, broad regional military trends, and the changing nature of military power. Individual chapters are then offered on Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Iraq, and Yemen. Each of these chapters profiles the resources, arms, and manpower of each country's military and other security forces (including intelligence agencies) and reviews the country's particular strategic concerns and challenges.
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