The West and The Middle East, (4 Volume Set)

Why is the Middle East the only part of the world which has drawn the West into wars in the last thirty years? With a sequence of events since 1945, including the Six-Day War, the Iranian revolution, the Iran-Iraq war, and the two Gulf wars, the Middle East has been the most important region of diplomacy, crisis, and controversy for the West. More recent events - notably the 2001 attack on the United States but also a number of other events (Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, nuclear proliferation, oil) - have even further escalated both engagement and debate. This has been punctuated by large-scale immigration to the West from the region. Islamism is the only ideology that challenges the dominant, globalizing, modern form of society.

All of these factors have greatly increased interest in the West toward its engagement in the region and the need for good materials explaining the history, the strategies, events, and ideas. This new title in the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Political Science, meets the need for an authoritative reference work to answer these and other questions, and to enable users to make sense of the subject’s vast literature and the continuing explosion in research output.
 

Volume I : Issues in Europe-Middle East Relations

Part 1  : US-Europe and Middle East
Chapter 1 : Trading Places : America and Europe in The Middle East’, Survival

Part 2  : The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership : Trade and Development
Chapter 2 : Europe in The Middle East and NorThern Africa : The Subtle Quest for Power’, Mediterranean Quarterly
Chapter 3 : The Barcelona Process and Euro-Arab Economic Relations : 1995–2005
Chapter 4 : A "Ring of Friends'"? The Implications of The European Neighbourhood Policy for The Mediterranean’, Mediterranean Politics

Part 3  : The Iran Issue
Chapter 5 : French Trade and Sanctions Against Iran
Chapter 6 : The Power of Petroeuros : The EU-3 vs : Iran’, Strategic Assessment

Part 4  : Maghreb Relations
Chapter 7 : Partnership Lost? The EUs Mediterranean Aid Programmes’, Mediterranean Quarterly
Chapter 8 : The Algerian Crisis in European and US Foreign Policies : A Hindsight Analysis’, Journal of North African Studies
Chapter 9 : The Stability Syndrome : US and EU Democracy Promotion in Tunisia’, Journal of North African Studies
Chapter 10 : Altruism and its Limits : The Role of Civil and Political Rights for American and French Aid Towards The Middle East and North Africa’, Journal of North African Studies
Chapter 11 : The European Challenge to North African Economies : The Downside to The Euro-Med Policy’, Middle East Journal
Chapter 12 : The Social Impact of Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Areas : A First Approach with Special Reference to Morocco’, Mediterranean Politics

Part 5  : Security Issues
Chapter 13 : European Approaches to Security in The Mediterranean’, Middle East Journal
Chapter 14 : The Euro-Mediterranean Security Partnership : Prospects for Arms Limitation and Confidence-Building’, Mediterranean Politics
Chapter 15 : The Changing Mediterranean Security Environment : A Transatlantic Perspective’, Middle East Journal
Chapter 16 : Strategic Choices in The Mediterranean : Europe, The Mediterranean, and The Middle East
Chapter 17 : Middle East Islamism in The European Arena
Chapter 18 : NATO and The Broader Middle East, 1949–2007 : The History and Lessons of Controversial Encounters’, Journal of Strategic Studies

Volume II : Country Studies in Europe-Middle East Relations

Part 6  : Central Europe
Chapter 19 : Central Europe and Iraq : Balance, Bandwagon, or Bridge?’, Orbis

Part 7  : France
Chapter 20 : Sarkozy’s Policy in The Middle-East : A Break with The Past?’, Insight Turkey
Chapter 21 : France and The US : The Inevitable Clash?’, International Journal
Chapter 22 : France, Europe and The Mediterranean in a Sarkozy Presidency’, Mediterranean Quarterly
Chapter 23 : Chiraq’s "New Arab Policy" and Middle East Challenges : The Arab-Israeli Conflict, Iraq and Iran’, Middle East Journal

Part 8  : Germany
Chapter 24 : Gulf War : The German Resistance’, Survival
Chapter 25 : German Foreign Policy Towards The Middle East in The 1990s and Beyond’, Orient
Chapter 26 : Friendship under Strain or Fundamental Alienation? Germany-US Relations after The Iraq War’, International Journal

Part 9  : Italy
Chapter 27 : Italy’s Role in Mediterranean Security and The Fight Against Terrorism’, Mediterranean Quarterly
Chapter 28 : Constraints and Adjustments in Italy’s Policy Toward Israel’, Middle Eastern Studies
Chapter 29 : ''The Mediterranean Community and The EU : The Italian Perspective'', Perceptions

Part 10  : Spain
Chapter 30 : Did Terrorism Sway Spain’s Election?’, Current History
Chapter 31 : The Tragedy of Al-Andalus : The Madrid Terror Attacks and The Islamization of Spanish Politics’, Mediterranean Quarterly

Part 11  : UK
Chapter 32 : Britain and The Occupied Territories After The 1967 War
Chapter 33 : British Middle East Policy : The Counterterrorism Dimension
Chapter 34 : An Analytical and Historical Overview of British Policy Toward Israel
Chapter 35 : British Policy in The Arab-Israeli Arena, 1973–2004’, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
Chapter 36 : The United States, Great Britain, and The Middle East : How Special The Relationship?’, Mediterranean Quarterly
Chapter 37 : Tony Blair, Iraq and The Special Relationship : Poodle or Partner?’, International Journal

Part 12  : Bilateral Relations
Chapter 38 : Saudi-European Relations 1902–2001 : A Pragmatic Quest for Relative Autonomy’, International Affairs
Chapter 39 : European and American Responses to The Algerian Crisis
Chapter 40 : ''Troubled Neighbours : The EU and Israel''
Chapter 41 : The EU and The Middle East : An Egyptian View

Volume III : US-Middle East, Issues in Relations

Part 13  : Overviews
Chapter 42 : U.S : Middle East Policy at The Start of Clinton’s Second Term
Chapter 43 : U.S : Policy Toward The Middle East at The End of Clinton’s Presidencyl
Chapter 44 : Understanding The Bush Doctrine’, Political Science Quarterly
Chapter 45 : Dangerous Democracy? American Internationalism and The Greater Near East’
Chapter 46 : American Foreign Policy Towards The Middle East : A Necessary Change?
Chapter 47 : Challenges and Options for The Obama Administration in The Middle East
Chapter 48 : The Truth About U.S : Middle East Policy

Part 14  : US-Israel
Chapter 49 : The United States and Israel Since 1948 : A "Special" Relationship?
Chapter 50 : Friendly Restraint : U.S.-Israel Relations During The Gulf Crisis of 1990–1991
Chapter 51 : Paradigm Lost? The Limits of The American-Israeli Special Relationship
Chapter 52 : Patron-Client Dynamics : Mapping The American-Israeli Relationship

Part 15  : Arab-Israeli Conflict and The Peace Process
Chapter 53 : The View From Jerusalem : Israeli-American Relations and The Peace Process since Camp David
Chapter 54 : Bush Administration and The Arab-Israeli Conflict : The Record of its First Four Years

Part 16  : Arab Perceptions of America
Chapter 55 : Satan or Savior? Arab Intellectuals Interpret The United States’, Middle East Quarterly
Chapter 56 : Anti-Americanism in North Africa : Could State Relations Overcome Popular Resentment?’, Journal of North African Studies
Chapter 57 : Muslim Attitude Towards Terrorism Against The US : A Case Study of Lebanon’, International Studies

Part 17  : Economic Policy
Chapter 58 : US Middle East Economic Policy : The Use of Free Trade Areas in The War on Terrorism’, Mediterranean Quarterly
Chapter 59 : United States Energy Policy During The 1990s’, Current History

Part 18  : Iran and America
Chapter 60 : The Iranian Crisis and The Dynamics of Advice and Intelligence in The Carter Administration’, Journal of Intelligence History
Chapter 61 : Impacts of The US Trade and Financial Sanctions on Iran’, World Economy
Chapter 62 : United States’ Policy Towards Iran after The Islamic Revolution : An Iranian Perspective’, International Studies

Volume IV : US-Middle East : Sub-Regions and Events

Part 19  : The Iraq War
Chapter 63 : Sanctions on Iraq : A Valid Anti-American Grievance?
Chapter 64 : Searching for a Post-Saddam Regional Security Architecture
Chapter 65 : ''Passing The Baton : An Obama Administration Takes on The Challenge of Iraq''
Chapter 66 : U.S.-Kurdish Relations in Post-Invasion Iraq
Chapter 67 : Reality Bites : The Impending Logic of Withdrawal from Iraq’, Washington Quarterly
Chapter 68 : Revisions in Need of Revising : What Went Wrong in The Iraq War’, Survival
Chapter 69 : Ignoring History : U.S : Democratization in The Muslim World’, Orbis

Part 20  : North Africa
Chapter 70 : The United States and The North African Imbroglio : Balancing Interests in Algeria, Morocco, and The Western Sahara’, Mediterranean Politics
Chapter 71 : Managing Morocco’s Image in United States Domestic Politics’, Journal of North African Studies
Chapter 72 : The United States’ Approach to Algeria’s Civil Conflict : Implications for Democratization, Internal Peace and Anti-American Violence’, Democratization
Chapter 73 : Algeria and U.S : Interests : Containing Radical Islam and Promoting Democracy’, Middle East Policy

Part 21  : Persian Gulf
Chapter 74 : The Evolution of U.S.-Russian Rivalry and Cooperation in The Persian Gulf’, Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Chapter 75 : US-Saudi Relations : Evolution, Current Conditions, and Future Prospects’, Mediterranean Quarterly
Chapter 76 : Saudi Arabia and The United States, 1931–2002’, MERIA Journal
Chapter 77 : Be Careful What You Wish For : The Future of U.S.-Saudi Relations’, World Policy Journal

Part 22  : 11 September and The War on Terrorism
Chapter 78 : US Counterterrorism before Bin Laden’, International Journal
Chapter 79 : American War Powers and Terrorists : The Case of Usama Bin Laden’, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism