The Future Security Environment in the Middle East

Surveys several Middle East security issues and their implications for U.S. foreign policy.

Introduction (Nora Bensahel and Daniel Byman); Political Reform in the Middle East (Nora Bensahel); Civil-Military Reform in the Middle East (Risa Brooks); The Implications of Leadership Change in the Arab World (Daniel Byman); Energy and Middle Eastern Security (Ian Lesser); The Political Economy of Reform in the Middle East (Alan Richards); The Information Revolution (Jon Alterman); Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East (Ian Lesser); Conclusion (Nora Bensahel and Daniel Byman)