Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 12/2014

Evolving Threats and Strategic Partnership in the Gulf

Anthony H. Cordesman, Michael Peacock

December 2014

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Abstract

This paper provides an updated analysis of the military balance in the Gulf region focusing on US power projection capability and the relative size and capability of GCC and Iranian military forces. It shows that Iran is anything but a regional superpower if GCC states provide the cooperation and interoperability between their forces.