A thorough examination of the nation of Saudi Arabia, focusing on the current state of affairs and potential future challenges.
Anthony H. Cordesman holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and is an analyst and commentator for ABC News.
Cordesman (Center for Strategic and International Studies) reviews
the national security policies, challenges, and resources of Saudi
Arabia in a manner that will be familiar to those who have read
previous of his books. He examines the current strategic dynamics
concerning Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Israel, the Gulf Cooperation Council,
the United States, the United Kingdom, and France and conducts a
survey of the Saudi national security and military organizations
and assets. He further discusses the "uncertain threat" of Iran,
the possibility of Saudi weapons of mass destruction, the
activities of Saudi Arabia's internal security forces, and the
Saudi approach to counterterrorism. Finally, he explores political,
economic, religious, and educational factors of "soft"
counterterrorism.
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