• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: The future security environment in the Middle East : conflict, stability, and political change
  • Contains: Introduction / Nora Bensahel and Daniel L. Byman
    Political reform in the Middle East / Nora Bensahel
    Economic reform in the Middle East : the challenge to governance / Alan Richards
    Civil-military relations in the Middle East / Risa Brooks
    The implications of leadership change in the Arab world / Daniel L. Byman
    Energy and Middle Eastern security : new dimensions and strategic implications / Ian O. Lesser
    The information revolution and the Middle East / Jon B. Alterman
    Weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East : proliferation dynamics and strategic consequences / Ian O. Lesser.
  • Contributor: Byman, Daniel [Other]; Bensahel, Nora [Other]
  • Corporation: United States, Air Force
  • imprint: Santa Monica, CA: RAND/Project Air Force, 2004
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 345 pages)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9780833032904; 083303619X; 0833032909; 9780833036193
  • Keywords: Military policy ; Strategic aspects of individual places ; Toekomstverwachtingen ; Politieke hervormingen ; Veiligheidspolitiek ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Middle East ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Middle East Strategic aspects ; United States Military policy ; Electronic books
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  • Footnote: "Prepared for the United States Air Force
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-345)
  • Description: The security environment in the Middle East has become increasingly complicated during the past decade. This report identifies several important trends that are shaping regional security and identifies their implications for the United States. Many traditional security concerns, such as energy security and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, will remain significant factors in the future. However, ongoing domestic changes throughout the region will become increasingly important as well. Issues such as political reform, economic reform, civil-military relations, leadership change, and the information revolution are all affecting regional security dynamics. This report examines each of these issue areas and identifies some of the challenges that they pose for U.S. foreign policy
  • Access State: Open Access