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Description:This book offers a realist critique of US foreign policy toward the Middle East in the last decade. It probes four core foundations of contemporary US Middle East policy: (1) US relations with authoritarian regimes after the Arab Spring; (2) the containment of Iran; (3) the road to and aftermath of the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq; and (4) US policy towards nuclear-armed Israel. The authors argue that US strategy toward the Middle East has lacked a realist mindset guided by order, stability and the national interest. Rather, successive administrations have created a house of cards built on a series of lies, deceptions and constructed perceptions or myths. While the authors acknowledge deception and lies to be tools of statecraft found in the realist menu of foreign-policy choices, the realist premise still demands for a rational pursuit of the national interest. Combined, these four aspects of US Middle East policy have ushered a decade of political violence, instability, sectarian divisions and an imbalance of power. The territorial disintegration of Iraq and countries in the Levant as well as the rise of ISIS are the direct result of the systemic shock to regional stability administered by the US in 2003. The book argues that the failure to divest a crusading spirit from US diplomacy combined with the fact that the interests of allies continued to trump the actual US national interest, whilst at the same time failing to appreciate the internal politics of antagonistic states and their perception of the US, caused, and continues to fuel, a series of sub-state and interstate conflicts in the region. This book will be of much interest to students of US foreign policy, Middle Eastern politics, security studies and IR in general.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with US Foreign Policy in the Middle East: The Realpolitik of Deceit. To get started finding US Foreign Policy in the Middle East: The Realpolitik of Deceit, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 192

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Routledge

Release: 2016

ISBN: 1138960969

Description: This book offers a realist critique of US foreign policy toward the Middle East in the last decade. It probes four core foundations of contemporary US Middle East policy: (1) US relations with authoritarian regimes after the Arab Spring; (2) the containment of Iran; (3) the road to and aftermath of the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq; and (4) US policy towards nuclear-armed Israel. The authors argue that US strategy toward the Middle East has lacked a realist mindset guided by order, stability and the national interest. Rather, successive administrations have created a house of cards built on a series of lies, deceptions and constructed perceptions or myths. While the authors acknowledge deception and lies to be tools of statecraft found in the realist menu of foreign-policy choices, the realist premise still demands for a rational pursuit of the national interest. Combined, these four aspects of US Middle East policy have ushered a decade of political violence, instability, sectarian divisions and an imbalance of power. The territorial disintegration of Iraq and countries in the Levant as well as the rise of ISIS are the direct result of the systemic shock to regional stability administered by the US in 2003. The book argues that the failure to divest a crusading spirit from US diplomacy combined with the fact that the interests of allies continued to trump the actual US national interest, whilst at the same time failing to appreciate the internal politics of antagonistic states and their perception of the US, caused, and continues to fuel, a series of sub-state and interstate conflicts in the region. This book will be of much interest to students of US foreign policy, Middle Eastern politics, security studies and IR in general.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with US Foreign Policy in the Middle East: The Realpolitik of Deceit. To get started finding US Foreign Policy in the Middle East: The Realpolitik of Deceit, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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