Saudi Arabia and the new strategic landscape / Joshua Teitelbaum.

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From the publisher. In the new post–cold war strategic landscape of the Middle East, the United States' most important Arab ally, Saudi Arabia, plays a key role. The will and the resources of Saudi Arabia are badly needed if the Iranian menace is to have a worthwhile regional challenger. Joshua Teit...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Hoover Institution Press publication ; 586.
Main Author: Teitelbaum, Joshua
Corporate Author: Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, [2010], ©2010.
Series:Hoover Institution Press publication ; 586.
Subjects:
National security > Saudi Arabia.
Security, International > Middle East.
Saudi Arabia > Foreign relations > 1982-
Saudi Arabia > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia > Foreign relations > Philosophy.
Saudi Arabia > Strategic aspects.
Physical Description:xvi, 80 pages ; 18 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Background: The genesis of Saudi Arabian security concerns
  • Twin pillars : Saudi Arabia and Iran as U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf
  • A pillar collapses : from the Iranian Revolution to the end of the Cold War
  • The new strategic landscape
  • The U.S. and Saudi security : failing to understand the new strategic landscape.