Perilous Power The Middle East And U S Foreign Policy

Author : Noam Chomsky,Gilbert Achcar,Stephan R. Shalom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317254317

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Perilous Power by Noam Chomsky,Gilbert Achcar,Stephan R. Shalom Pdf

The volatile Middle East is the site of vast resources, profound passions, frequent crises, and long-standing conflicts, as well as a major source of international tensions and a key site of direct US intervention. Two of the most astute analysts of this part of the world are Noam Chomsky, the preeminent critic of U.S, foreign policy, and Gilbert Achcar, a leading specialist of the Middle East who lived in that region for many years. In their new book, Chomsky and Achcar bring a keen understanding of the internal dynamics of the Middle East and of the role of the United States, taking up all the key questions of interest to concerned citizens, including such topics as terrorism, fundamentalism, conspiracies, oil, democracy, self-determination, anti-Semitism, and anti-Arab racism, as well as the war in Afghanistan, the invasion and occupation of Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the sources of U.S. foreign policy. This book provides the best readable introduction for all who wish to understand the complex issues related to the Middle East from a perspective dedicated to peace and justice.

Author : NOAM. ACHCAR CHOMSKY (GILBERT. SHALOM, STEPHEN R.),Gilbert Achcar,Stephen R Shalom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1032787880

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Perilous Power by NOAM. ACHCAR CHOMSKY (GILBERT. SHALOM, STEPHEN R.),Gilbert Achcar,Stephen R Shalom Pdf

Updated with a new preface by Gilbert Achar, covering events since 2007 including the late-2023 renewal of military conflict between Israel and Hamas, this new edition provides readers with an essential critical perspective on the US role in the Middle East. The volatile Middle East is the site of vast resources, profound passions, frequent crises, and long-standing conflicts, as well as a major source of international tensions and a key site of direct US intervention. Two of the most astute analysts of this part of the world are Noam Chomsky, the preeminent critic of U.S. foreign policy, and Gilbert Achcar, a leading specialist of the Middle East who has lived in that region for many years. In this book, Chomsky and Achcar bring a keen understanding of the internal dynamics of the Middle East and of the role of the United States, taking up all the key questions of interest to concerned citizens, including such topics as terrorism, fundamentalism, conspiracies, oil, democracy, self-determination, anti-Semitism, and anti-Arab racism, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the sources of U.S. foreign policy. This book provides the best readable introduction for all who wish to understand the complex issues related to the Middle East from a perspective dedicated to peace and justice.

Author : Kylie Baxter,Shahram Akbarzadeh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134128976

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US Foreign Policy in the Middle East by Kylie Baxter,Shahram Akbarzadeh Pdf

Over the last sixty years, Washington has been a major player in the politics of the Middle East. From Iran in the 1950s, to the Gulf War of 1991, to the devastation of contemporary Iraq, US policy has had a profound impact on the domestic affairs of the region. Anti-Americanism is a pervasive feature of modern Middle East public opinion. But far from being intrinsic to ‘Muslim political culture’, scepticism of the US agenda is directly linked to the regional policies pursued by Washington. By exploring critical points of regional crisis, Kylie Baxter and Shahram Akbarzadeh elaborate on the links between US policy and popular distrust of the United States. The book also examines the interconnected nature of events in this geo-strategically vital region. Accessible and easy to follow, it is designed to provide a clear and concise overview of complex historical and political material. Key features include: maps illustrating key events and areas of discontent text boxes on topics of interest related to the Arab/Israeli Wars, Iranian politics, foreign interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq, the wars of the Persian Gulf, September 11 and the rise of Islamist movements further reading lists and a selection of suggested study questions at the end of each chapter.

Author : Bernd Kaussler,Glenn P. Hastedt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317335955

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US Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East by Bernd Kaussler,Glenn P. Hastedt Pdf

This book offers a realist critique of US foreign policy towards the Middle East in the past decade. It critically examines four core foundations of contemporary US Middle East policy: US relations with Saudi Arabia after the Arab Spring; US diplomacy towards Iran and the Obama administration’s policy of engagement; the road to, and aftermath of, the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq; and US policy towards nuclear-armed Israel. Because of a closely guarded bipartisan consensus, these four core foundations of contemporary US Middle East policy have largely evaded public criticism and scrutiny. This book argues that US strategy towards the Middle East has rarely been guided by order, stability and the national interest. Rather, successive administrations have created a house of cards built on a series of deceptions and constructed perceptions or myths. Combined, these four aspects of US Middle East policy have ushered in a decade of political violence, instability, sectarian divisions and an imbalance of power which has culminated in the territorial disintegration of Iraq and countries in the Levant as well as the rise of ISIS. Moving forward requires a rational pursuit of the national interest based on realist principles. This book will be of much interest to students of US foreign policy, Middle Eastern politics, security studies and IR in general.

Author : Rashid Khalidi
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0807002348

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Resurrecting Empire by Rashid Khalidi Pdf

Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of the region, Khalidi examines the record of Western involvement in the Middle East and analyzes the likely outcome of our most recent incursions.

Author : Mordechai Nisan
Publisher : Dollard des Ormeaux [Québec] : Dawn Books
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015008277942

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American Middle East Foreign Policy by Mordechai Nisan Pdf

Author : Jack Covarrubias
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351897761

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Strategic Interests in the Middle East by Jack Covarrubias Pdf

As a cultural centre for Islamic interests across the world and as a focus point for increasing levels of economic and security interdependence, the Middle East remains a stage on which international politics will be played for the foreseeable future. This comprehensive study looks at the important international and regional actors and their interaction with, and reaction to, US foreign policy toward the region. The volume elucidates the trends in great power interest and interaction in the Middle East and studies the impact of the United States as the region's foremost military power. It highlights the changing nature of actors' relationships with the US and each other as their interests and policies evolve in response to changes in the region. Scholars, graduate and undergraduate students and the interested public will find this volume a useful guide and an ideal companion work for courses on the Middle East, US foreign policy and international security issues.

Author : Ronald De McLaurin,Don Peretz,Lewis W. Snider
Publisher : Praeger Publishers
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0275908585

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Middle East Foreign Policy by Ronald De McLaurin,Don Peretz,Lewis W. Snider Pdf

Author : Bledar Prifti
Publisher : Springer
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319453279

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US Foreign Policy in the Middle East by Bledar Prifti Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive historical overview of US foreign policy in the Middle East using the theoretical framework of offensive realism and highlighting the role of geography and regional power distribution in guiding foreign policy. It argues that the US has been pursuing the same geostrategic interests from President Truman’s policy of containment to President Obama’s speak softly and carry a big stick policy, and contends that the US-Iran relationship has been largely characterized by continued cooperation due to shared geostrategic interests. The book highlights the continuity in US foreign policy over the last seven decades and offers a prediction for US foreign policy in reaction to current and future global events. As such, it will serve as a reference guide for not only scholars but also policy analysts and practitioners.

Author : Yakub Halabi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317003229

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US Foreign Policy in the Middle East by Yakub Halabi Pdf

US foreign policy in the Middle East has for the most part been shaped by the eruption of major crises that have revealed the deficiency in and bankruptcy of existing consensus and conceptions. Crises generate a new set of ideas to address the roots of the crisis and construct a new reality that would best serve US interests. Further, crises stimulate new ideological and ideational debates that de-legitimate existing practices and prevailing ideas. Yakub Halabi analyzes the way ideas and conceptions have guided US foreign policy in the Middle East, the erection of institutions through which these ideas were brought into practice, and the manner in which these ideas became obsolete and were modified by new ideas. The selection of crises examined is persuasive and provides a critical lens to observe important turning points in American foreign policy.

Author : Noam Chomsky,Gilbert Achcar,Stephen R. Shalom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317254300

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Perilous Power by Noam Chomsky,Gilbert Achcar,Stephen R. Shalom Pdf

The volatile Middle East is the site of vast resources, profound passions, frequent crises, and long-standing conflicts, as well as a major source of international tensions and a key site of direct US intervention. Two of the most astute analysts of this part of the world are Noam Chomsky, the preeminent critic of U.S, foreign policy, and Gilbert Achcar, a leading specialist of the Middle East who lived in that region for many years. In their new book, Chomsky and Achcar bring a keen understanding of the internal dynamics of the Middle East and of the role of the United States, taking up all the key questions of interest to concerned citizens, including such topics as terrorism, fundamentalism, conspiracies, oil, democracy, self-determination, anti-Semitism, and anti-Arab racism, as well as the war in Afghanistan, the invasion and occupation of Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the sources of U.S. foreign policy. This book provides the best readable introduction for all who wish to understand the complex issues related to the Middle East from a perspective dedicated to peace and justice.

Author : Gregory Harms
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215373445

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Straight Power Concepts in the Middle East by Gregory Harms Pdf

A highly accessible introduction to the history of US foreign policy in the Middle East and why it remains deeply significant in the present day.

Author : rashid khalidi
Publisher : I. B. Tauris
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
ISBN : 1850439036

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resurrecting empire by rashid khalidi Pdf

Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of the region, Khalidi examines the record of Western involvement in the Middle East and analyzes the likely outcome of our most recent incursions.

Author : David S. Oualaalou
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Middle East
ISBN : 1498508979

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The Ambiguous Foreign Policy of the United States Toward the Muslim World by David S. Oualaalou Pdf

This book constructively criticizes and objectively analyzes the present American political strategy in the Middle East. It argues that the United States has no coherent policy in place to address ongoing challenges and highlights the need for creative thinking, flexibility, systematic understanding, cultural awareness, and effective strategy.

Author : Gilbert Achcar
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520274976

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The People Want by Gilbert Achcar Pdf

The sponsoring of the Muslim Brotherhood by the Emirate of Qatar and its influential satellite channel, Al Jazeera, contributed to shaping the prelude to the uprising. But the explosion's deep roots, asserts Achcar, mean that what happened until now is but the beginning of a revolutionary process likely to extend for many more years to come. The author identifies the actors and dynamics of the revolutionary process: the role of various social and political movements, the emergence of young actors making intensive use of new information and communication technologies, and the nature of power elites and existing state apparatuses that determine different conditions for regime overthrow in each case. Drawing a balance-sheet of the uprising in the countries that have been most affected by it until now, i.e. Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Libya and Syria, Achcar sheds special light on the nature and role of the movements that use Islam as a political banner.