Anthony Cordesman

National Security in Saudi Arabia

Threats, Responses, and Challenges

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Produktbeschreibung

With continuing instability in Iraq, the threat of a nuclear Iran, and the ever-present reality of further terrorist attacks within its own borders, Saudi Arabia has been forced to make some hard decisions. The current structure of the Saudi security apparatus is only one pathway to improved security. Economic and demographic threats may well be the hardest hurdles to overcome. What has been accomplished since 2001 and what are the real prospects and implications of further reform? To what extent should the kingdom continue to rely on the US to protect its interests? Cordesman and Obaid argue that it is time to put an end to client and tutorial relations. Saudi Arabia must emerge as a true partner. This will require the creation of effective Saudi forces for both defense and counterterrorism. Saudi Arabia has embarked on a process of political, economic, and social reforms that reflects a growing understanding by the governing members of the royal family, Saudi technocrats, and Saudi businessmen that Saudi Arabia must reform and diversify its economy and must create vast numbers of new jobs for its young and growing population. There is a similar understanding that economic reform must be combined with some level of political and social reform if Saudi Arabia is to remain stable in the face of change. With Gulf security, the war on terrorism, and the security of some sixty percent of the world's oil reserves at stake, the real question is how quickly Saudi Arabia can change and adapt its overall approach to security, and how successful it will be in the process.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: ABC-Clio, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 454
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 844g
• ISBN-13: 9780275988111
• ISBN-10: 0275988112
• Artikelnr.: 21018945

Autorenporträt

Anthony H. Cordesman is Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a military analyst 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 US government. Nawaf Obaid is a Saudi National Security and Intelligence consultant based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is currently the Director of the Saudi National Security Assessment Project. He is a former senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The New Balance of Threats in the Gulf Region Asymmetric
Threats and Islamist Extremists External Strategic Pressures The Saudi
Security Apparatus Saudi Military Forces The Saudi Paramilitary and
Internal Security Apparatus Saudi Energy Security Military Reform Internal
Security Reform The Broader Priorities for Security Reform The Authors