The Transatlantic Allies and the Changing Middle East

by Gordon, Philip H.

• ISBN13: 9780199223770
• ISBN10: 0199223777
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-04
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Since the mid-1990s US and European attitudes, strategies and policies towards the Middle East have diverged. The issue of how to deal with Iran has been most divisive of all, with the US threatening to impose economic sanctions on its European allies to coerce them into following Washington's harder line. This paper examines the reasons for these potentially damaging differences and assesses the prospects for improving transatlantic cooperation in the region.

Author Biography

Philip H. Gordon was Carol Deane Senior Fellow for U.S. Strategic Studies and Editor of Survival at the IISS from 1994-98. Previously, he held teaching and research posts at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington DC; the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; the German Society for Foreign Affairs, Bonn, Germany; and the European Institute for Business Administration (INSEAD), Fontainebleau, France. After completing this paper, Dr. Gordon took up a position as a Director of European Affairs at the National Security Council (NSC), Washington DC.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Europe's Growing Assertiveness in the Peace Process selfrom Convergence to Divergence

Europe Reasserts

The Evolution of Transatlantic Divergence in the Gulf

From Cooperation to Divergence

Differences over Dual Containment

How and Why the allies Differ over the Gulf

Policy Differences in the Gulf

Why do the US and Europe Differ over the Gulf?

Prospects and Strategies for Rapprochement in the Gulf

Conclusion: The Case for Greater Coordination

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