Anthony H. Cordesman

After the Storm: The Changing Military Balance in the Middle East

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 Arab-Israel confrontation trends in the military balance and arms sales in the Northern Gulf states trends in the military balance and arms sales in the Southern Gulf states trends in the military balance and arms sales in the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa strategic interest, arms control and regional stability - conflict or synergy?.

Iran and Iraq : the threat from the northern Gulf

The broad trends in Iranian and Iraqi forces the threat from Iran the Iranian Army and Islamic Revolutionary Guards the Iranian Air Force the Iranian ground-based air defences the Iranian Navy and Naval Branch of the Islamic Republican Guards Corps Irans paramilitary forces anti-regime threats to Iran Iran and weapons of mass destruction dealing with the threat from Iran the threat from Iraq Iraqi land forces the Iraqi Air Force the Iraqi Navy anti-regime military forces Iraq and weapons of mass destruction dealing with the threat from Iraq Iran and Iraq - containment, deterrence and war fighting.