The Middle East In Global Perspective

by Judith Kipper, Harold Saunders

Overview

Well before events in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe dramatized the rapidity with which a new political world is evolving and before the Gulf War sharpened the focus on the Middle East agenda, scholars and policymakers alike were searching for different concepts for addressing the intractable problems facing the Middle East. Even though the re

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000303353
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/19/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	360
File size:	795 KB

About the Author

Judith Kipper

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The United States, the Middle East, and Our Changing World -- New Perspectives -- Foreign Policy Capacity in the Middle East -- Peace Process and Intercommunal Strife -- The Political Foundations of Policymaking -- Policymaking Within the Palestinian Polity -- The Domestic Foundations of Israeli Foreign Policy -- The Changing Role of Congress in U.S. Middle East Policy -- Military Force -- The Uses and Abuses of Military Power in the Middle East -- The Syrian Doctrine of Strategic Parity -- The Use of Military Force: An Israeli Analysis -- Economic Interdependence and Leverage -- The Politics and Limitations of Economic Leverage -- The Peace Process in a Changing World -- Notes on the U.S. Role in the Middle East -- Lebanon: The Disparity Between Ideal Commitments and Practical Implementation -- A Jordanian Perspective on the United States in the Middle East -- A Broader Peace Process for the Middle East

Editorial Reviews

Organized around the premise that conventional political and diplomatic concepts and the usual instruments of statecraft do not work in the Middle East, 14 essays suggest new perspectives, and explore policymaking, military force, economic interdependence, and the peace process in the region. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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