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 a...

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Weitere Verfasser:	ʿAlawī, Hišām al- 1964- (HerausgeberIn), Springborg, Robert 1944- (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Boulder ; London Lynne Rienner Publishers 2023
Schlagworte:	Entwicklungshilfe Innere Sicherheit Naher Osten Electronic books
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Zusammenfassung:	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. Intro -- Title Page -- copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Ch 1- First, Do No Harm: Curing What Ails Security Assistance to the Middle East -- Impacts of Regional Context -- Implications for Tactics and Strategies -- Truth in Packaging Security Assistance -- Purpose and Organization of the Book -- Notes -- Ch 2- Security Assistance in a Changing Region -- Dealing with the Reality vs. the Rhetoric of Security Assistance -- The Changing Strategic Environment for Security Assistance -- The Role of Outside Powers: Europe, Russia, and China -- Challenges by MENA Subregion and Country -- Adapting Security Assistance to an Ongoing Revolution in Security Forces -- Changing the Security Assistance Role and Impact of the United States -- The Impact of the Uncertain Trends in US Strategy and Security Assistance -- Shaping an Uncertain Future -- Notes -- Ch 3- Political Drivers of Demand for Security Assistance -- Oil Monarchies -- Repressive Republics -- Table 3.1 Size of Militaries in Four MENA Repressive Republics -- Table 3.2 Size of Militaries in Three MENA Oil Monarchies -- Flawed Democracies -- What Is to Be Done? -- Notes -- Ch 4- Tunisia: A Reframed Security-Centered Approach -- Foreign Assistance Through the Lens of Securitization -- Mapping US Foreign Security Assistance and Its Impacts on Tunisia's Military -- US Security Assistance and Its Implications for Tunisia's Marginalized Border Regions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Ch 5- Lebanon: Assessing US-Led Capabilities Development -- The Post-Civil War Lebanese Armed Forces -- The Multisectarian Makeup of the Postwar LAF -- Lebanese Civil-Military Relations -- The United States and Lebanon Policy -- Drivers of US Security Assistance and Security Cooperation to the LAF -- US-Supported Efforts and Outcomes -- Assessing the Limits of US Security Assistance and Security Cooperation to the LAF.
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Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (viii, 397 Seiten) Diagramme
ISBN:	9781955055994
DOI:	10.1515/9781955055994