Description
Book SynopsisThe Middle East Strategic Balance is prepared annually by the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University, to provide an authoritative and indispensable guide to strategic developments and military capabilities in the Middle East. MESB offers a comprehensive insightful assessment of the complex Middle East strategic environment. Governments and the media pay close attention to the data and analysis, and the work is quoted extensively. Based on unique sources and professional assessment the 20042005 Strategic Balance presents the most accurate and comprehensive military posture of the countries in the Middle East. Up-to-date figures and information on defense budgets, procurement, equipment holdings, military deployments, WMD listings, and foreign aid; and key components of military force structures such as major changes to the orders of battle, and a survey of personnel, weapons and equipment holdings, non-conventional capabilities and ballistic missiles, are presented in accessible and easy to use formats. Published in association with the Institute for National Strategic Studies
Trade Review"Middle East Strategic Balance is a 'must read' for any scholar interested in an assessment of the distribution of military power in the Middle East..." - Dr Geoffrey Kemp, Nixon Center Washington.
"Middle East Strategic Balance offers readers a comprehensive, insightful assessment of the complex and dynamic Middle East strategic environment..." -- Ambassador Samuel Lewis.
Table of ContentsThe Middle East: Still on the Brink of a New Era; The Ongoing Iraqi Crisis; Israel and the Palestinian: A New Reality Under the Shadow of Ongoing Conflict; Approaching a Nuclear Iran: The Challenge for Arms Control; International Terror, with Iraq at its Hub; Rising Oil Prices and the Middle East Economy; Chronology of Major Events, July 2004-June 2005; Review of Armed Forces; Tables; Charts.
