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About the Book

The Middle East countries have focused on increasing the protection of their countries against a variety of internal and external threats. They have evaluated the gaps in current strategy and made critical decisions on the technology available to enhance counter-terrorism strategies, border control and critical infrastructure protection. This book examines the existing status of national security system and opening up the modernisation of security to new dimension. The book first examines the broad features of the Middle East region that have a bearing on security and then proceed to examine the traditional and non-traditional dimensions of security. Further it explains each country’s security challenges and its implications in country’s defence policy and armed force structure and administration. 

About the Author

Pramila Krishnan is a Senior Lecturer and fellow of Jesus College, Mumbai. Her research interests include the analysis of household behaviour and rural institutions in developing countries, Microeconometric Approaches to development economics, household economics and labour economics research into rural-urban migration in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh; education in Bombay slums; financial networks in rural areas; allocation of public goods in rural India. Presently, she works Hyderabad and Mumbai-based NGO, Akanksha.