Anthony H Cordesman: 27 books
Saudi Arabia
Guarding The Desert Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2019
With this multivolume study, Anthony H. Cordesman once again proves that he is a leading authority on the affairs of the Middle Eastern states. Cordesman led this comprehensive net assessment of the political, economic, energy, security (both internal and external), and military trends in each of the Gulf states, as well as the power projection cap
Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, And The Uae
Challenges Of Security
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
This volume examines the changing economic and internal security challenges faced by the Gulf countries and the problems they face with Iran, Iraq, and other Gulf states. The special military and security needs of Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates are analyzed here in detail, as are their growing demographic problems and export plans.
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
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
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,...
The Evolving Military Balance in the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia
Strategy, Resources, and Modernization
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
The Evolving Military Balance in the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia describes the strategy, force deployments, and the military balance in potential current and future scenarios involving the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea, People’s Republic of China, Japan, and...
The Afghan War in 2013: Meeting the Challenges of Transition
Security and the Afghan National Security Forces
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
After more than a decade of fighting in Afghanistan, the United States and its allies are set to transfer security responsibilities to Afghan forces in 2014. This transition poses many challenges, and much will depend on the future of Afghan politics, governance, corruption, development, security,...
The Evolving Military Balance in the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia
Conventional Balance, Asymmetric Forces, and U.S. Forces
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
The Evolving Military Balance in the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia describes the strategy, force deployments, and the military balance in potential current and future scenarios involving the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea, People’s Republic of China, Japan, and...
Chinese Strategy and Military Modernization in 2015
A Comparative Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
China’s emergence as a global economic superpower, and as a major regional military power in Asia and the Pacific, has had a major impact on its relations with the United States and its neighbors. China was the driving factor in the new strategy the United States announced in 2012 that called for...
Kuwait
Recovery And Security After The Gulf War
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
With the thoroughness that this recently spotlighted nation requires, this volume examines Kuwaits internal and external security situation after the turbulent days of the Gulf War and investigates continued Western involvement in its safekeeping. It also examines Kuwaits changing role as an energy...
Chinese Military Modernization and Force Development
A Western Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
China’s military development has become a key focus of US security policy as well as that of virtually all Asia-Pacific states. This report from the CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy examines trends in Chinese strategy, military spending, and military forces based on Chinese defense white papers and...
by Anthony H. Cordesman, Aaron Lin
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
The tensions between the Koreas—and the potential involvement of China, Japan, Russia, and the United States in a Korean conflict—create a nearly open-ended spectrum of possible conflicts. These conflicts could range from posturing and threats to a major conventional conflict on the Korean peninsula,...
The Afghan War in 2013: Meeting the Challenges of Transition
The Challenges of Leadership and Governance
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
After more than a decade of fighting in Afghanistan, the United States and its allies are set to transfer security responsibilities to Afghan forces in 2014. This transition poses many challenges, and much will depend on the future of Afghan politics, governance, corruption, development, security,...
Iraq
Sanctions And Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
This volume provides analysis of the state of Iraqs security and of current Western policy toward the country in the wake of the Gulf War. It also examines the political, economic, and security impact of sanctions, Iraqs future role as an oil exporter, the U.S. policy of dual containment in relation...
Perilous Prospects
The Peace Process And The Arab-israeli Military Balance
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
In this book, the author supplies the first account of the military and security concerns arising out of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and the recent assassination of Prime Minister Rabin, considering a number of possible futures for the region and their effects on the peace process.
U.S. Forces In The Middle East
Resources And Capabilities
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2019
This volume provides the first detailed analysis of the trends in U.S. contingency capabilities since the end of the Gulf War, the impact of the Bush administration's "Base Force" policy, and the Clinton administration's "Bottom Up Review" of current U.S. contingency capabilities. It examines U.S. capabilities in the Gulf through the year 2001, the
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