Geoffrey F. Gresh
Stanford University Press - 2015
The U.S. military maintains a significant
presence across the Arabian Peninsula but it must now confront a new and
emerging dynamic as most Gulf Cooperation Council countries have begun
to diversify their political, economic, and security partnerships with
countries other than the United States—with many turning to ascending
powers such as China, Russia, and India. For Gulf Arab monarchies, the
choice of security partner is made more complicated by increased
domestic and regional instability stemming in part from Iraq, Syria, and
a menacing Iran: factors that threaten to alter totally the Gulf's
current security dynamic.
Understanding the dynamics of base politicization in a Gulf host nation—or any other—is therefore vitally important for the U.S. today. Gulf National Security and the U.S. Military examines both Gulf Arab national security and U.S. military basing relations with Gulf Arab monarchy hosts from the Second World War to the present day. Three in-depth country cases—Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman—help explain the important questions posed by the author regarding when and why a host nation either terminated a U.S. military basing presence or granted U.S. military basing access.
The analysis of the cases offers a fresh perspective on how the United States has adapted to sometimes rapidly shifting regional security dynamics and factors that influence a host nation's preference for eviction or renegotiation, based on its perception of internal versus external threats.
Stanford University Press - 2015
Understanding the dynamics of base politicization in a Gulf host nation—or any other—is therefore vitally important for the U.S. today. Gulf National Security and the U.S. Military examines both Gulf Arab national security and U.S. military basing relations with Gulf Arab monarchy hosts from the Second World War to the present day. Three in-depth country cases—Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman—help explain the important questions posed by the author regarding when and why a host nation either terminated a U.S. military basing presence or granted U.S. military basing access.
The analysis of the cases offers a fresh perspective on how the United States has adapted to sometimes rapidly shifting regional security dynamics and factors that influence a host nation's preference for eviction or renegotiation, based on its perception of internal versus external threats.
About the author
Geoffrey F. Gresh is an Associate Professor at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.
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