Saudi Arabia

Guarding The Desert Kingdom
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-31785-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 498 g

Since the Gulf War, Saudi Arabia's tenuous security situation has been altered by an ongoing U.S. presence. This volume provides detailed analysis of the state of the Saudi economy and military forces, its growing internal security problems and the stability of its regime, and its reliability as an energy exporter.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cordesman, Anthony H

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction, 2 External Security Issues, 3 Internal Change and Internal Security, 4 Economic and Social Issues, 5 Oil and Petroleum Related Issues, 6 Saudi Military Forces, 7 The Saudi Army, 8 The Saudi National Guard, 9 The Saudi Navy, 10 The Saudi Air Force, 11 The Saudi Air Defense Force, 12 Saudi Paramilitary and Internal Security Forces, 13 Saudi Missile Capabilities, 14 Saudi Arabia, the Gulf, and the West

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony H. Cordesman has served in senior positions in the office for the secretary of defense, NATO, and the U.S. Senate. He is currently a senior fellow and Co-Director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, an adjunct professor of national security studies at Georgetown University, and a special consultant on military affairs for ABC News. He lives in Washington, D.C.