The U.S. military maintains a significant presence across the Arabian Peninsula but it must now confront a new and emerging dynamic as most Gulf Cooperation Council countries have begun to diversify their political, economic, and security partnerships with countries other than the United States-with...

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1. Verfasser:	Gresh, Geoffrey (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Redwood City Stanford University Press 2015
Schlagworte:	Gulf Cooperation Council Military bases, American > Arabian Peninsula Military bases, American > Persian Gulf States National security > Arabian Peninsula National security > Persian Gulf States Persian Gulf States > Military relations > United States United States > Military relations > Persian Gulf States Sicherheitspolitik Militär USA Bahrain Saudi-Arabien Oman
Zusammenfassung:	The U.S. military maintains a significant presence across the Arabian Peninsula but it must now confront a new and emerging dynamic as most Gulf Cooperation Council countries have begun to diversify their political, economic, and security partnerships with countries other than the United States-with many turning to ascending powers such as China, Russia, and India. For Gulf Arab monarchies, the choice of security partner is made more complicated by increased domestic and regional instability stemming in part from Iraq, Syria, and a menacing Iran: factors that threaten to alter totally the Gulf's current security dynamic.Understanding the dynamics of base politicization in a Gulf host nation-or any other-is therefore vitally important for the U.S. today. Gulf National Security and the U.S. Military examines both Gulf Arab national security and U.S. military basing relations with Gulf Arab monarchy hosts from the Second World War to the present day. Three in-depth country cases-Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman-help explain the important questions posed by the author regarding when and why a host nation either terminated a U.S. military basing presence or granted U.S. military basing access.The analysis of the cases offers a fresh perspective on how the United States has adapted to sometimes rapidly shifting regional security dynamics and factors that influence a host nation's preference for eviction or renegotiation, based on its perception of internal versus external threats
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Beschreibung:	1 online resource (281 pages)
ISBN:	9780804795067 9780804794206