Security Assistance in the Middle East. Challenges... and the Need for Change
Why, given the enormous resources spent by the US and Europe on security assistance to Arab countries, has it led to so little success? Can anything be done to change the disheartening status quo? Addressing these thorny questions, the authors of this state-of-the-art assessment evaluate the costs and benefits to the main providers and recipients of security assistance in the MENA region and explore alternative strategies to improve outcomes for both.
Acknowledgments
1. First, Do No Harm: Curing What Ails Security Assistance to the Middle East / Hicham Alaoui and Robert Springborg
2. Security Assistance in a Changing Region / Anthony H. Cordesman
3. Political Drivers of Demand for Security Assistance / Glenn E. Robinson
Part 1: Shared Challenges, Shared Responses
4. Tunisia: A Reframed Security-Centered Approach / Noureddine Jebnoun
5. Lebanon: Assessing US-Led Capabilities Development / Aram Nerguizian
6. Egypt: Reconsidering the Political Value of US Assistance / Zeinab Abul-Magd
Part 2: The Role of Multilateral and Regional Actors
7. EU and Member States’ Security Assistance: Complementary or Contradictory? / Florence Gaub and Alex Walsh
8. The Politics of Security Assistance by “European NATO” / Kevin Koehler
9. The Gulf Monarchies: Security Consumers and Providers / Zoltan Barany
10. Regional Entanglements: MENA States as Providers of Security Assistance / Simone Tholens
Part 3: Civil-Military Relations
11. US Security Assistance in Jordan: Militarized Politics and Elusive Metrics / Sean Yom
12. Security Assistance and Public Support for Arab Militaries / Lindsay J. Benstead
13. Civilians in Arab Defense Affairs: Implications for Providers of Security Assistance / Yezid Sayigh
Part 4: Practitioner Perspectives
14. US Security Assistance to Egypt: The Importance of Framing a Relationship / F. C. “Pink” Williams
15. Subjectivity and Objectivity in Assessing Security Assistance / John J. Zavage
Part 5: Conclusion
16. Quit Trying, or Try to Cure? / Hicham Alaoui and Robert Springborg
Acronyms
Bibliography
The Contributors
Index
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