Security Assistance in the Middle East: Challenges ... and the Need for Change

Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2023. First ed., first printing (full number line). viii, 397 pages: illustrations; 24 cm Fine (as new) with minor wear to head & foor spine cloth. Hardcover. ISBN: 9781955055802, 1955055807

"Evaluates the costs and benefits to the main providers and recipients of security assistance in the MENA region and explores alternative strategies to improve outcomes for both"-- Provided by publisherContents: First, Do No Harm: Curing What Ails Security Assistance to the Middle East / Hicham Alaoui and Robert Springborg. Security Assistance in a Changing Region / Anthony Cordesman. Political Drivers of Demand for Security Assistance / Glenn E. Robinson. Tunisia: A Reframed Security-Centered Approach / Noureddine Jebnoun. Lebanon: Assessing US-Led Capabilities Development / Aram Nerguizian. Egypt: Reconsidering the Political Value of US Assistance / Zeinab Abud-Magd. EU and Member States' Security Assistance: Complementary or Contradictory? / Florence Gaub and Alex Walsh. The Politics of Security Assistance by "European NATO" / Kevin Koehler. The Gulf Monarchies: Security Consumers and Providers / Zoltan Barany. Regional Entanglements: MENA States as Providers of Security Assistance / Simone Tholens. US Security Assistance in Jordan: Militarized Politics and Elusive Metrics / Sean Yom. Security Assistance and Public Support for Arab Militaries / Lindsay J. Benstead. Civilians in Arab Defense Affairs: Implications for Providers of Security Assistance / Yezid Sayigh. US Security Assistance to Egypt: The Importance of Framing a Relationship / F. C. 'Pink' Williams. Subjectivity and Objectivity in Assessing Security Assistance / John J. Zavage. Quit Trying or Try to Cure? / Hicham Alaoui and Robert Springborg.