Hearing on the joint comprehensive plan of action jcpoa and the military balance in the middle east the permanent revolution more than three decades after its founding, the islamic republic. Inss estimate based on data from the washington institute for near east policy, the international institute of strategic studies, and tel aviv universitys jaffee center for strategic studies. The middle east military balance 19992000 the mit press. The base hosts the american air combat command center in the region. Encyclopedia of jewish and israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from antisemitism to zionism. The project is a track ii unofficial activity which indirectly supports the middle east peace process. Stretching from morocco to iran, the area has seen numerous. Understanding the dynamics of these conflicts requires detailed information on the military capabilities of the regions countries. Chairman, ranking member reed, and members of the committee. Conflict and instability persist in africa and the middle east, including in libya and. This ready resource provides a wealth of information on military expenditures and major arms systems, as well as qualitative trends, by country and by zone. Laneswig senior fellow and managing director, the washington institute for near east policy. Iran and the changing military balance in the gulf net assessment.
Testimony submitted to the senate armed services committee. This paper seeks to analyze the future middle eastern military balance of power, in a time horizon of five to ten years. Strategic developments in the middle east, a region of high geostrategic stakes and deeprooted conflicts, redound vi gorously on both regional and global peace and stability. The joint comprehensive plan of action jcpoa and the military balance in the middle east. States in the middle east also serve as major purchasers of us military equipment. Military affairs the middle east strategic balance 20032004, ed.
The military balance of power in the middle east george hishmeh, robert j. The annual assessment of global military capabilities and defence economics. Iran to expand military spending, develop missiles date. The supply of sophisticated american weapons to arab states particularly jordan is more disturbing to israel in 1985 than ever before. Stretching from morocco to iran, the area has seen numerous international and internal conflicts over the past decades. To learn about our use of cookies and how you can manage your cookie settings, please see our cookie policy. The united arab emirates uae is a leader in this effort, seeking to develop technical interoperability between the u.
Middle east military balance 19891990 ebok av joseph alpher, zeev eytan, dov tamari. New arab military force to reckon with as little sparta. Included are military balances on asia, the middle east and north africa, the levant, nato and europe, the global nuclear balance, and proliferation of wmd. This policy paper is part of the arms control and security improvement in the middle east workshop series, sponsored by the institute on global conflict and cooperation igcc of the university of california. Military balance center for strategic and international. Foreign policy council on foreign relations before the. The middle east military balance is prepared annually by the jaffee center for. The 10 strongest military forces in the middle east forbes. Regional security debates remained dominated by the potential for escalation between the united states, israel and saudi arabia on the one hand and iran and its. Its a great honor to be invited to testify before this august committee and its distinguished members. The arab armies and the arabisraeli conflict recommended readings. The military balance 2018 includes new arms orders and deliveries graphics, a wall chart focused on strategicforces modernisation in china, russia and the united states, and thematic texts on chinese and russian airlaunched weapons, artificial intelligence and defence, and. It is based on data from many sources, including some that are unavailable to other institutes. Kenneth waltz quipped that power begs to be balanced while defending the notion that proliferation of nuclear weapons technology to iran would stabilize the middle east.
Jcpoa and the military balance in the middle east prepared statement by philip h. The russian factor in the middle east military balance. In 2019, countries in the middle east and north africa held five of the top ten slots when global defence spending was measured on a per capita. The absence of data for the soviet union in 1991 means that no total can be calculated for that year. The saudis have been humbled, and the us posture toned down. A second factor has been a morebalanced approach to military development that has stressed military education, training, and maintenance capabilities. The us decision to withdraw military personnel from. In 2011 saudi arabia agreed to purchase over eighty f 15sa fighter aircraft and upgrade its existing fleet of seventy f 15s, along with airtoair and airtoground packages. Military balance in the middle east oral presentation.
The joint comprehensive plan of action jcpoa and the. Although israel and its arab neighbors have taken many steps toward peace in recent years, the middle east remains an uncertain and volatile region. The joint comprehensive plan of action and the military. The us military has relied heavily on the aludeid air base in qatar for its various operations in the the middle east and beyond. Israels eroding edge in the middle east military balance zeev schiff. Cordesman, anthony, military balance in the middle east, westport, praeger, 2004 chapter 2. Indeed, the institute for economics and peace ranks it the most violent region in its annual. The russian factor in the middle east military balance 3 founded estimations, as much as 40% of the soviet budget. The middle east and north africa are generally seen as one of the least stable parts of the world. The middle east military balance 20002001 bcsia studies. Israels eroding edge in the middle east military balance. Adapted from iiss, middle east balance, military balance 2019, pp 334373.
Policy congressional research service 2 actors to influence middle eastern partners and politicalmilitary outcomes. January 10, 2017 iran once again exceeds a nuclear deal limit. The middle east military balance 20002001 the mit press. Regional actors, global powers, and middle east strategy, cohosted by aljazeera centre for studies ajcs and john hopkins university jhu in washington earlier this summer, has triggered wider debate about the nature and the promise of an emerging balance of power in the region. By closing this message, you are consenting to our use of cookies. The military and the state in the middle east theoretical. All journal articles featured in the military balance vol 120 issue 1. This fourth annual volume of the middle east military balance covers the calendar year 1986.
The military balance in the middle east, by anthony c. Each balance differs in content to reflect the varying tensions and force trends in each respective region. The changing face of the middle east military balance. Chapter 7 middle east and north africa351 regional defence policy and economics 351. The military balance in the middle east center for. Most powerful militaries in the middle east business insider. To begin with, the size has gone down by 20 percent while the price has jumped by almost 50 percent. The international institute for strategic studies, founded in 1958, is an independent centre for research, analysis and debate on the problems of conflict, however caused, that have, or potentially have, an important. The notion of distinct arab nationhoods can be traced back to events surrounding both world. The military balance in the middle east by anthony h. The international conference shaping a new balance of power in the middle east. The volatile middle east was buying more weapons, but east asia had. With its wealth of current, hardtofind information, it offers an authoritative and indispensable guide to military capabilities in. In assessing the current arabisraeli military arab states, from undertaking military action to balance, a variety of complex factors should be taken achieve political objectives.
Cordesman details the complex trends that come into play in determining the military balance in a region that has become so critical to world peace. The middle east remains one of the worlds most volatile regions. The middle easts leadership seems suddenly in flux. This struggle predates the arab uprisings of 2011, but that profound regional upheaval has. The joint comprehensive plan of action and the military balance in the middle east. As a result, the nuclear issue is only one aspect of iranian military balance. The middle east military balance is prepared annually by the jaffee center for strategic studies in tel aviv, israel. Changing conventional military balance in the gulf the. Noted middle east military expert anthony cordesman details the complex trends that come into play in determining the military balance in a region that has become so critical to world peace. It offers statistics on populations, resources and military infrastructures, on. A strategic discussion on international military capabilities. For waltz and other theorists who espouse a realist view of international politics, the middle east faces a twopronged challenge to. In addition, it contains several articles of analysis. Weighing the military balance in the middle east arms transfers to the middle east trends in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction trends in the military balance and arms sales in north africa trends in the military balance and arms sales in the arabisraeli confrontation states trends in the military balance and arms sales in the northern gulf.
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