Strategic Interests in the Middle East : Opposition or Support for US Foreign Policy (Hardcover)

Contents: Preface; Section I Europe and the US in the Middle East: Britain and the Middle East: in pursuit of eternal interests, Mark Sedgwick; Old interests, new purpose: French foreign policy in the Middle East, Daniel W. Kuthy; Germany and the Middle East: the construction of moral interests, Jack Covarrubias and Chris White; US-Russian competition in the Middle East: convergences and divergences in foreign security policy, Mira Duric and Tom Lansford. Section II The Far East and the US in the Middle East: China's Middle East policy since the post-Mao reform, Chunlong Lu and Jie Chen; Japan between the United States and the Middle East, George Ehrhardt; At the crossroads of foreign policy decisions: India in the Middle East, Anna Rulska and David Jackson. Section III The Middle East and the US: The United States and Israel: the implications of alignment, Daniel J. Graeber; Realpolitik and religion: the twin sources of Saudi Arabia's foreign policy, Evan Campbell and Steve A. Yetiv; The centrality of Egypt to the future of the greater Middle East, B.J. Jordan and Robert J. Pauly Jr; Iran and the Middle East: the pursuit of security and legitimacy in the American age, Vaughn P. Shannon. Section IV International Organizations and the US in the Middle East: NATO and the Middle East: the road to greater engagement, Chris Zambelis and Eva SvobodovA¡ Sigmon; The United States and the Arab League, Jack Kalpakian; The United States and the United Nations: partnership for peace?, Tom Lansford; Index.