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 by Cordesman, Anthony H., author, Peacock, Michael, author; CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy, issuing body; Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.), publisher instant download

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 by Cordesman, Anthony H., author, Peacock, Michael, author; CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy, issuing body; Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.), publisher instant download

1 online resource (xi, 603 pages) :, \"The ongoing confrontation with Iran, the war against ISIL, the instability in Iraq, the civil war in Syria, and the conflict in Yemen have all caused major changes in the security situation in the Persian Gulf and in the regional military balance. The strategic partnership between Arab Gulf states, and with the United States and other outside states, must now evolve to deal with conventional military threats and a range of new threats, including ideological extremists, non-state actors and their state sponsors, and a growing range of forces designed to fight asymmetric wars. This new report ... 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. The assessment goes far beyond the conventional military balance and examines how force developments in the region affect joint and asymmetric warfare, missiles and missile defense, nuclear forces, as well as terrorism, the role of non-state actors, and outside powers\"--Publisher's web site, \"October 2015.\", \"A report of the CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy.\", Includes bibliographical references (pages 587-603), 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, Online resource; title from PDF title page (CSIS, viewed November 9, 2015)