| TABLES AND FIGURES | xv | |
| AcKNOWLEDGMENTS | xix | |
| INIRODUCTION | xxi | |
| Changing Nature of Alliances | xxi | |
| The Broader Nature of the Saudi Security Effort | xxii | |
| Saudi Security and the Role of the West | xxiii | |
| I. | THE NEW BALANCE OF THREATS IN THE GULF REGION | 1 |
| Instability in Iraq | 2 | |
| The Decline of Iraq's Military Forces | 3 | |
| Iraq's Military Capabilities in the Post-Saddam Era | 4 | |
| The Emergence of a New Iraqi Threat? | 8 | |
| Threat from Yemen | 8 | |
| Yemen's Conventional Forces | 9 | |
| Border Issues and Defenses | 12 | |
| Saudi Vulnerability in the Red Sea Area | 12 | |
| The Threat from Iran | 13 | |
| Iranian Conventional Forces | 15 | |
| Iranian Military Expenditures | 15 | |
| Iranian Arms Imports | 15 | |
| Other Problems in Military Modernization | 16 | |
| The Iranian Army | 17 | |
| Iranian Tank Strength | 18 | |
| Other Iranian Armor | 19 | |
| Iranian Antitank Weapons | 21 | |
| Iranian Artillery Strength | 22 | |
| Iranian Surface-to-Surface Missiles | 25 | |
| Iranian Army Air Defense Systems | 32 | |
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Publication information:
Book title: National Security in Saudi Arabia: Threats, Responses, and Challenges.
Contributors: Anthony H. Cordesman - Author, Nawaf Obaid - Author.
Publisher: Praeger Security International.
Place of publication: Westport, CT.
Publication year: 2005.
Page number: vii.
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