Air/Missile Defense, Counterproliferation and Security Policy Planning
Air/Missile Defense, Counterproliferation and Security Policy Planning

Author: Jacquelyn K. Davis

Publisher: Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research

Published: 1999-06-15

Total Pages: 19

ISBN-13:

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The papers in this volume are based on presentations originally delivered at a workshop entitled "Air/Missile Defense, Counterproliferation and Security Policy Planning: Implications for Collaboration Between the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) Countries." Each of the papers was substantially revised and updated in the fall of 1998 to reflect the most current developments. The volume as a whole provides a realistic and comprehensive assessment of current and evolving air and missile threats confronting GCC countries, highlighting the impact of missile and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation trends on the balance of power in the Arabian Gulf region. It also reviews current U.S. concepts of operation for air/missile defense coordination and proposes policies for future UAE and GCC security planning. The authors give compelling reasons for: shared early warning and integrated air defense systems; the need for political commitment from both the United States and all the GCC governments to set in place improved defenses; the need as well for improved understanding and communication as an essential precondition for increased cooperation in the air/missile defense realm; and the long-term advantages of pursuing such cooperation both on a US-GCC basis and among the GCC member states themselves. The range of benefits associated with a regional approach to air and missile defense is explored, together with the question of how expanded air/missile defense cooperation in the region fits into a broader geopolitical framework.

Air/Missile Defense, Counterproliferation and Security Policy Planning
Air/Missile Defense, Counterproliferation and Security Policy Planning

Author: Emirates Center for Strategic Studies & Research

Publisher: I.B. Tauris

Published: 1999-12-31

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781860644917

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Providing an assessment of evolving air and missile threats confronting the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, this volume highlights the impact of trends involving missiles and weapons of mass destruction on the balance of power in the Arabian Gulf region. It also reviews US concepts of operation for air/missile-defence co-ordination, and proposes policies for future UAE and GCC security planning. The authors argue for shared early-warning and integrated air-defence systems, the need for political commitment from the United States and all the GCC governments to install improved defences, the need for improved understanding and communication as an essential precondition for increased air/missile-defence co-operation, and the long-term advantages of pursuing such co-operation both on a US-GCC basis and among the GCC member states themselves. The range of benefits associated with a regional approach to air and missile defence are explored, together with the question of how expanded air/missile-defence co-operation in the region fits into a broader geopolitical framework.

Air/Missile Defense, Counterproliferation and Security Policy Planning
Air/Missile Defense, Counterproliferation and Security Policy Planning

Author: Prof. Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi

Publisher: ZAWYAT ALMAARFEH

Published:

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 9948149106

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The papers in this volume are based on presentations originally delivered at a workshop entitled “Air/Missile Defense, Counterproliferation and Security Policy Planning: Implications for Collaboration Between the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) Countries.” Each of the papers was substantially revised and updated in the fall of 1998 to reflect the most current developments. The volume as a whole provides a realistic and comprehensive assessment of current and evolving air and missile threats confronting GCC countries, highlighting the impact of missile and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation trends on the balance of power in the Arabian Gulf region. It also reviews current U.S. concepts of operation for air/missile defense coordination and proposes policies for future UAE and GCC security planning. The authors give compelling reasons for: shared early warning and integrated air defense systems; the need for political commitment from both the United States and all the GCC governments to set in place improved defenses; the need as well for improved understanding and communication as an essential precondition for increased cooperation in the air/missile defense realm; and the long-term advantages of pursuing such cooperation both on a US-GCC basis and among the GCC member states themselves. The range of benefits associated with a regional approach to air and missile defense is explored, together with the question of how expanded air/missile defense cooperation in the region fits into a broader geopolitical framework.

Prevailing in a Well-armed World
Prevailing in a Well-armed World

Author: Henry D. Sokolski

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13:

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The Strategic Studies Institute is pleased to publish Prevailing In A Well-Armed World: Devising Competitive Strategies Against Weapons Proliferation. This work provides insights into the competitive strategies methodology. Andrew Marshall notes that policymakers and analysts can benefit by using an analytical tool that stimulates their thinking-more directly-about strategy in terms of long-term competition between nations with conflicting values, policies, and objectives. Part I of this work suggests that the competitive strategies approach has value for both the practitioner and the scholar. The book also demonstrates the strengths of the competitive strategies approach as an instrument for examining U.S. policy. The method in this book focuses on policies regarding the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. In "shaping" the international environment in the next millennium, no other national security issue seems as complex or important. The imperative here is to look to competitive strategies to assist in asking critical questions and thinking broadly and precisely about alternatives for pitting U.S. strengths against opponents' weaknesses. Part II uses the framework to examine and evaluate U.S. nonproliferation and counterproliferation policies formed in the final years of the 20th century. In Part III, the competitive strategies method is used to analyze a regional case, that of Iran.

War on Terrorism
War on Terrorism

Author: Alan O'Day

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-08

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 1351873954

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President George W. Bush maintained in his address of 20 September 2001, that the successful prosecution of the war against terrorism will require the judicious use of 'every resource at our command - every means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, every financial influence, and every necessary weapon of war'. Unlike the Cold War, the War on Terrorism is neither a battle against some ideology nor bounded by physical boundaries or conventional political units such as nation-states. The War on Terrorism is the internationalisation, or rather, globalisation of previous wars. Terror is not a nation, and the enemies in such wars are not nations; any regime such as Libya simply by repudiating terrorism, can become an ally of the anti-terror coalition. Regimes that continue to practice terrorism against domestic opponents qualify to participate in the wider war if they conform to certain norms in external affairs. The 28 articles reprinted here consider aspects of that most amorphous of animals - the War on Terrorism. They do not set out to provide all of the answers; nor do they radiate a unified vision of what constitutes the war on terrorism; the pieces begin from a range of political and intellectual outlooks. Taken as a group, however, the difficulties of determining the limits and nature of the war on terrorism receive important attention. The authors address several major themes within the war on terrorism: what falls within its perimeters, its shifting manifestations, implications, responses and future directions.

Arms Control and Missile Proliferation in the Middle East
Arms Control and Missile Proliferation in the Middle East

Author: Bernd W. Kubbig

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-03-29

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 1136491171

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This edited volume provides a systematic analysis of the missile threat and proliferation issue in the Middle East region. The question of how to increase the level of security in the Middle East is not a new one, given the conflict-ridden nature of the region. The solution attempted for this predicament has typically revolved around intense arms build-ups, a strategy which can prove self-defeating due to the subsequent countermeasures employed by neighbouring states. Arms Control and Missile Proliferation in the Middle East focuses on the strategic proliferation of arms, with a specific emphasis on missiles. This unique emphasis enables the contributors to provide a dynamic new perspective on conceptual and political disarmament efforts, thereby distinguishing this volume from many other related works on the region, which deal mainly with weapons of mass destruction. The book also explores the possibility of a reduction in weapon arsenals, examining a more promising cooperative security concept which includes confidence- and security-building measures (CSBMs). This book will be of much interest to students of arms control, Middle Eastern politics, Gulf Security, war and conflict studies, security studies and IR.