Accession Number : ADA111472

Title :   Twin Dilemmas: The Arabian Peninsula and American Security.

Descriptive Note : Strategic issues research memo.,

Corporate Author : ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

Personal Author(s) : Gross,Woolf P.

Report Date : 20 DEC 1981

Pagination or Media Count : 25

Abstract : This memorandum considers two dilemmas facing US policymakers in the Arabian Peninsula. The first problem is the US/regional 'dialogue of deaf' concerning the major threat to Arabian peninsular stability. The American position has been that the Soviet Union constitutes the principal threat, either directly or through surrogates. On the other hand, most area governments are concerned primarily with solving the Arab-Israeli impasse, regaining lost land and establishing firmly the principle of Palestinian self-determination. The second dilemma is American capability and credibility as an ally. The author concludes that a short term solution to these dilemmas seems achievable only by pressing forward to assist the regional states in improving their own self-defense capabilities, letting them take the lead in such cooperative efforts as may develop, and by accepting the imperative of a solution to the Arab-Israel confrontation as a necessary first step in focusing attention on Soviet pressures. (Author)

Descriptors :   *ARABIA, FOREIGN POLICY, UNITED STATES, NATIONAL SECURITY, STRATEGY, ARABS.

Subject Categories : PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

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