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The Changing Military Dynamics of the MENA Region
March 23, 2021 | Anthony H. Cordesman The United States must restructure its security assistance and force posture in the MENA region to respond to the changing dynamics of the political and security landscape, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

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The Military Dynamics of the Middle East and North Africa
October 26, 2020 | Anthony H. Cordesman The military dynamics of the MENA region continue to evolve with the changing nature of security and security forces, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

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Analytic Appendix: Additional Data on Detailed Patterns in MENA Arms Transfers
October 20, 2020 | Anthony H. Cordesman The military dynamics of the MENA region continue to evolve with the changing nature of security and security forces, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

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The National Security Economics of the Middle East: Comparative Spending, Burden Sharing, and Modernization
March 23, 2017 | Anthony H. Cordesman

The economics of national security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have changed dramatically since 2001.

Commentary
Before You Cut Foreign Aid to Fund Defense, Consider Where it Goes and What it Does for U.S. Troops and National Security
March 13, 2017 | Anthony H. Cordesman

Foreign aid has long been seen as the stepchild of U.S. national security. Polls show that most Americans have a grossly exaggerated picture of the size of the U.S. foreign aid effort, and no idea of where it actually goes, or what its purpose is. For many Americans, foreign...


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The Executive Order on Immigration and Refugees: Playing into the Hands of Fear, Prejudice, ISIS, and al Qaeda
January 30, 2017 | Anthony H. Cordesman

There is a very real case for taking violent Islamic extremism far more seriously as a global threat, and for taking stronger measures to fight it. The United States was far too slow to react to the threat that ISIS and other violent Islamist extremist movements pose in Iraq...


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The Case For and Against a "Realist" Strategy in Syria
January 24, 2017 | Anthony H. Cordesman, Aram Nerguizian

The Trump Administration has inherited Syria as a land of lost options, and as a country where U.S. policy is broadly seen as a failure and a sign of growing American weakness in the Middle East.

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The Military Balance in a Shattered Levant
June 15, 2015 | Aram Nerguizian

The war against ISIL and the civil war in Syria have highlighted the importance of the military balance in the Levant and the extent to which it has an impact on Iraq and the Gulf, the flow of global energy exports and the world economy, and international terrorism.

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The Struggle for the Levant: Geopolitical Battles and the Quest for Stability
September 18, 2014 | Aram Nerguizian

The United States and its allies compete with Iran in a steadily more unsettled and uncertain Levant.

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GCC Security, Risk Assessment, and U.S. Extended Deterrence
January 31, 2011 | Anthony H. Cordesman The Burke chair has just published a new report entitled “GCC Security, Risk Assessment, and US Extended Deterrence”.

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The Arab-Israeli Military Balance in 2010
June 29, 2010 | Anthony H. Cordesman, Aram Nerguizian

Major changes are taking place in the Arab-Israeli military balance.

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Iran Status Report
August 11, 2009 | Anthony H. Cordesman

US policy towards Iran requires more than dialogue. It requires careful consideration of Iran’s evolving military capabilities and the range of threats it can pose to its neighbors, the wider Middle East, and to the flow of world oil exports.

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