Middle East at the Crossroads The Changing Political Dynamics and the Foreign Policy

by Dorraj, Manochehr; AbuKhalil, As'ad; Drake, Laura; Ehteshami, Anoushiravan; Katz, Mark; Moghadam, Valentine M.; Monshipouri, Mahmood; Noroozi, Touraj; Zunes, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780761813903
• ISBN10: 076181390X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Middle East at the Crossroads provides a comprehensive account of the post-Cold War Middle East and analyzes the foreign policy challenges that they pose. The essays focus on some of the regional developments in the post-Cold War era and the foreign policies of the United States, Russia, the European Union, China, and Japan toward the region. The contributors present a critical and nuanced analysis sensitive to the regional complexities as well as to the context of foreign policy responses of the great powers. They demonstrate that the Middle East is not out of step with history, but a part of it that is not only shaped by it, but also molds it. These realities have created a new political dynamic that has led to new political configurations. These changes have led to an evolution in the relations among Middle Eastern countries and global politics in general. The essays in this volume expose a complex and unpredictable future in the Middle East that demands a new foreign policy response from the Western world that is more sensitive to the regional realities and aspirations of the people in this area.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vii	(2)
Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction	1	(14)
Chapter 1 Wither Middle East?	1	(14)
Manochehr Dorraj
The dynamics of Domestic Changes: The Domestic Sources of Foreign policy	15	(158)
Chapter 2 The Post -Cold War Middle East and Its Foreign Policy Challenges	15	(36)
Manochehr Dorraj
Chapter 3 The Fate of Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa	51	(34)
Mahmood Monshipouri
Chapter 4 Ideology and Foreign Policy in the Arab World: Jargon and Legitimacy	85	(22)
As'ad Abukhalil
Chapter 5 Israeli Foreign Policy in the Era of Pax Americana	107	(40)
Stephen Zunes
Chapter 6 Women and the Changing Political Dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa	147	(26)
Valentine Moghadam
The Changing Foreign policies of Great Powers toward the region	173	(124)
Chapter 7 Refighting the Cold War: Containment as The Foundation of America's Post-Cold War Political-Military Posture in the Middle East	173	(38)
Laura Drake
Chapter 8 Post-Soviet Russian Foreign Policy toward Middle East	211	(24)
Mark Katz
Chapter 9 Political Economy of European Union Middle East Relations	235	(36)
Anoushiravan Ehteshami
Chapter 10 Patterns of Reorientation in the Foreign Policies of Japan and China toward the Middle East in the Post-Cold War Diplomacy: A reflection on the regional determinants	271	(26)
Touraj Noroozi
Index	297	(8)
About the Editor and the Contributors	305	(2)
About the Book	307