Crescent of Crisis U.S.-European Strategy for the Greater Middle East

by Daalder, Ivo H.; Gnesotto, Nicole; Gordon, Philip H.

• ISBN13: 9780815716907
• ISBN10: 0815716907
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-10
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Summary

The greater Middle East region is beset by a crescent of crises, stretching from Pakistan through Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Together, these five crises pose the most pressing security challenges faced by the United States and its European allies --ranging from terrorism and weapons proliferation to the rise of fundamentalism and the lack of democracy. Until now, Europe and the United States have approached these issues (indeed, the Middle East as a whole) in differing ways, with little effective coordination of policy. In fact, how best to deal with the greater Middle East has emerged as one of the most contentious issues in U.S.-European relations. The need for a common approach to the region is more evident than ever.This book brings together some of Europe and America's leading scholars and practitioners in an effort to develop a common approach to resolving the five major crises in the region. European and American authors provide succinct and fact-filled overviews of the different crises, describe U.S. and European perspectives on the way forward, and suggest ways in which the United States and Europe can better cooperate. In the conclusion, the editors synthesize the different suggestions into a roadmap for U.S.-European cooperation for addressing the challenges of the Greater Middle East in the years ahead.Contributors include Stephen Cohen (Brookings Institution), James Dobbins (RAND), Toby Dodge (University of London), Martin Indyk (Saban Center at Brookings), Kenneth Pollack (Saban Center at Brookings), Jean-Luc Racine (Center for the Study of India and South Asia), Barnett Rubin (New York University), Yezid Sayigh (University of Cambridge), and Bruno Tertrais (Fondation pour la Recherche Strat gique).

Table of Contents

AMERICA, EUROPE, AND THE CRESCENT OF CRISIS	1	(6)
Ivo Daalder, Nicole Gnesotto, and Philip Gordon
IRAN
A COMMON APPROACH TO IRAN	7	(18)
Kenneth M. Pollack
THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR CRISIS	25	(18)
Bruno Tertrais
ISRAEL-PALESTINE
U.S. STRATEGY FOR RESOLVING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT	43	(12)
Martin Indyk
PUTTING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE PROCESS BACK ON TRACK	55	(22)
Yezid Sayigh
SYRIA AND LEBANON
DIFFERENT ROADS TO DAMASCUS	77	(17)
Flynt Leverett
PROMOTING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN LEBANON AND SYRIA	94	(19)
Eva Goes and Reinoud Leenders
IRAQ
IRAQ: FROM DEMOCRATIZATION TO GOVERNANCE	113	(10)
James Dobbins
TRYING TO RECONSTITUTE THE IRAQI STATE: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE	123	(22)
Toby Dodge
AFGHANISTAN
PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVED STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN	145	(18)
Barnett R. Rubin
AFGHANISTAN: ELEMENTS OF TRANSATLANTIC NATION-BUILDING STRATEGY	163	(22)
Michael Schmunk
PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN AND THE CRESCENT OF CRISIS	185	(13)
Stephen P. Cohen
THE CASE OF PAKISTAN: A STRATEGY FOR EUROPE	198	(21)
Jean-Luc Racine
A COMMON U.S.-EUROPEAN STRATEGY ON THE CRESCENT OF CRISIS	219	(24)
Ivo Daalder, Nicole Gnesotto, and Philip Gordon
CONTRIBUTORS	243	(4)
INDEX	247