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Anthony H. Cordesman is the holder of the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He has been awarded the Department of Defense Distinguished Service medal. He previously served in posts as Director of Intelligence Assessment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and Civilian Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense. He has since acted as an informal consultant to senior U.S. officials and commanders in Afghanistan and Iraq, and dealing with the security situation in Syria. He is the author and co-author of numerous books on NATO, the military balance, Chinese military power, the lessons of modern war, and U.S. defense planning and strategy.
Military Cooperation in MENA: Uncertainty in the Face of Changing Threats
Regional Cooperation Series
This Policy Paper is part of The Middle East Institute’s Regional Cooperation Series. Throughout 2016, MEI will be releasing several policy papers by renowned scholars and experts exploring possibilities to foster regional cooperation across an array of sectors. The purpose is to highlight the myriad benefits and opportunities associated with regional cooperation, and the high costs of the continued business-as-usual model of competition and intense rivalry.
