Anthony H. Cordesman holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC, USA. He formerly served as national security assistant to Senator John McCain of the Senate Armed Services Committee, as director of intelligence assessment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and as civilian assistant to the deputy secretary of defense.

• 1. Weighing the Military Balance in the Middle EastThe Casualty EffectThe Burden of Military ExpendituresTrends in Military ManpowerEquipment Numbers: The Issue of QuantityForce Quality and Continuing Weaknesses in Middle Eastern Forces2. Arms Transfers to the Middle EastThe Total Flow of Arms to Individual Middle Eastern CountriesThe Role of Arms SuppliersArms Costs versus Flows of WeaponsSupplier Relationships with Individual Middle Eastern StatesThe Role of Military Advisors3. Trends in the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass DestructionThe Impact of Long Range Missile SystemsThe Impact of Chemical WeaponsThe Impact of Biological WeaponsThe Impact of Nuclear WeaponsThe Technology and Practice of Proliferation4. Trends in the Military Balance and Arms Sales in North AfricaPatterns in Arms Imports and Military Advisory EffortsMauritaniaMoroccoAlgeriaLibyaTunisia5. Trends in the Military Balance and Arms Sales in the Arab-Israeli Confrontation StatesThe Economic, Demographic, and Military Forces Affecting the Arab-Israeli BalanceIsraelSyriaJordanLebanonPalestinian ForcesEgypt6. Trends in the Military Balance and Arms Sales in the Northern Gulf StatesThe Impact of Iran and Iraq on the Regional Military BalanceIranIraq7. Trends in the Military Balance and Arms Sales in the Southern Gulf StatesThe Gulf Cooperation Council and Efforts at Collective SecuritySaudi ArabiaKuwaitBahrainQatarUAEOman8. Trends in the Military Balance and Arms Sales in the Red Sea and the HornYemenSudanEthiopiaDjiboutiSomalia9. Strategic Interests, Arms Control, and Regional Stability: Conflict or Synergy?The Problem of Peace NegotiationsThe Problem of Arms ControlThe Problem of Military Build-upsThe Rule of Law and the Illusion of DemocracySecurity Problems of the Middle East and Southwest Asia: A Selected Annotated BibliographyIndex

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Anthony H. Cordesman holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC, USA. He formerly served as national security assistant to Senator John McCain of the Senate Armed Services Committee, as director of intelligence assessment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and as civilian assistant to the deputy secretary of defense.

• 1. Weighing the Military Balance in the Middle EastThe Casualty EffectThe Burden of Military ExpendituresTrends in Military ManpowerEquipment Numbers: The Issue of QuantityForce Quality and Continuing Weaknesses in Middle Eastern Forces2. Arms Transfers to the Middle EastThe Total Flow of Arms to Individual Middle Eastern CountriesThe Role of Arms SuppliersArms Costs versus Flows of WeaponsSupplier Relationships with Individual Middle Eastern StatesThe Role of Military Advisors3. Trends in the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass DestructionThe Impact of Long Range Missile SystemsThe Impact of Chemical WeaponsThe Impact of Biological WeaponsThe Impact of Nuclear WeaponsThe Technology and Practice of Proliferation4. Trends in the Military Balance and Arms Sales in North AfricaPatterns in Arms Imports and Military Advisory EffortsMauritaniaMoroccoAlgeriaLibyaTunisia5. Trends in the Military Balance and Arms Sales in the Arab-Israeli Confrontation StatesThe Economic, Demographic, and Military Forces Affecting the Arab-Israeli BalanceIsraelSyriaJordanLebanonPalestinian ForcesEgypt6. Trends in the Military Balance and Arms Sales in the Northern Gulf StatesThe Impact of Iran and Iraq on the Regional Military BalanceIranIraq7. Trends in the Military Balance and Arms Sales in the Southern Gulf StatesThe Gulf Cooperation Council and Efforts at Collective SecuritySaudi ArabiaKuwaitBahrainQatarUAEOman8. Trends in the Military Balance and Arms Sales in the Red Sea and the HornYemenSudanEthiopiaDjiboutiSomalia9. Strategic Interests, Arms Control, and Regional Stability: Conflict or Synergy?The Problem of Peace NegotiationsThe Problem of Arms ControlThe Problem of Military Build-upsThe Rule of Law and the Illusion of DemocracySecurity Problems of the Middle East and Southwest Asia: A Selected Annotated BibliographyIndex

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Anthony H. Cordesman holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC, USA. He formerly served as national security assistant to Senator John McCain of the Senate Armed Services Committee, as director of intelligence assessment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and as civilian assistant to the deputy secretary of defense.

• 1. Weighing the Military Balance in the Middle EastThe Casualty EffectThe Burden of Military ExpendituresTrends in Military ManpowerEquipment Numbers: The Issue of QuantityForce Quality and Continuing Weaknesses in Middle Eastern Forces2. Arms Transfers to the Middle EastThe Total Flow of Arms to Individual Middle Eastern CountriesThe Role of Arms SuppliersArms Costs versus Flows of WeaponsSupplier Relationships with Individual Middle Eastern StatesThe Role of Military Advisors3. Trends in the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass DestructionThe Impact of Long Range Missile SystemsThe Impact of Chemical WeaponsThe Impact of Biological WeaponsThe Impact of Nuclear WeaponsThe Technology and Practice of Proliferation4. Trends in the Military Balance and Arms Sales in North AfricaPatterns in Arms Imports and Military Advisory EffortsMauritaniaMoroccoAlgeriaLibyaTunisia5. Trends in the Military Balance and Arms Sales in the Arab-Israeli Confrontation StatesThe Economic, Demographic, and Military Forces Affecting the Arab-Israeli BalanceIsraelSyriaJordanLebanonPalestinian ForcesEgypt6. Trends in the Military Balance and Arms Sales in the Northern Gulf StatesThe Impact of Iran and Iraq on the Regional Military BalanceIranIraq7. Trends in the Military Balance and Arms Sales in the Southern Gulf StatesThe Gulf Cooperation Council and Efforts at Collective SecuritySaudi ArabiaKuwaitBahrainQatarUAEOman8. Trends in the Military Balance and Arms Sales in the Red Sea and the HornYemenSudanEthiopiaDjiboutiSomalia9. Strategic Interests, Arms Control, and Regional Stability: Conflict or Synergy?The Problem of Peace NegotiationsThe Problem of Arms ControlThe Problem of Military Build-upsThe Rule of Law and the Illusion of DemocracySecurity Problems of the Middle East and Southwest Asia: A Selected Annotated BibliographyIndex

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