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The Middle East Strategic Balance 2002-2003

Tel Aviv: Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University, 2003 Follow us on Google

Table of Contents

Preface

Part I: Middle East Strategic Assessment

Chapter 1 / The Middle East: The Stability Factor / Ephraim Kam

The Region's Stability

The Middle East After September 11

Implications of the Israeli-Palestinian Crisis

The Stability of Middle East Regimes

A look to the Future

Chapter 2 / Developments in Iraq and Iran / Ephraim Kam

The Crisis in Iraq

Iran and the Winds of Change

Chapter 3 / Military Balance in the Region / Shlomo Brom

The Arab-Israeli Balance

The Military Balance in the Gulf

Non-Conventional Weapons

Chapter 4 / The International War on Terror Post-September 11 / Anat Kurz

The Political Realm

The Military Sphere

Preemptive Activities

Chapter 5 / The Arab-Israeli Arena / Mark A. Heller

Palestinian and Israeli Strategies

International and Regional Dimensions

Prospects for Palestinian Reform

The Israeli-Syrian-Lebanese Triangle

Chapter 6 / Israeli Society Challenged / Shai Feldman and Yehuda Ben Meir

Trends in Public Opinion

The Israeli Political Map

Civil Society Issues

Chapter 7 / Israel 2002: A Strategic-Economic Assessment / Imri Tov

Performance of the Israeli Economy 2000-2002

The State of the Economy: Explanatory Factors

Quantitative Estimate of Escalation Damages

Chapter 8 / The Israeli Arabs / Nachman Tal

Growing Friction with the State

Involvement in Terrorist Activity

The Political System of the Israeli-Arab Sector

Three Competing Trends

Part II: Military Forces

Introductory Note

Review of Armed Forces

1. Algeria

2. Bahrain

3. Egypt

4. Iran

5. Iraq

6. Israel

7. Jordan

8. Kuwai

9. Lebanon

10. Libya

11. Morocco

12. Oman

13. Palestinian Authority

14. Qatar

15. Saudi Arabia

16. Sudan

17. Syria

18. Tunisia

19. Turkey

20. United Arab Emirates

21. Yemen

Tables

The Middle East Military Balance at a Glance

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Space Assets

Charts

The Eastern Mediterranean Military Forces

The Persian Gulf Military Forces

The North Afritcan Military Forces

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