US foreign policy in the Middle East : the case for continuity

• Main Author: Prifti, Bledar
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Palgrave Macmillan 2020
• Subjects: Political science ; United States > Foreign relations > Middle East ; Middle East > Foreign relations > United States ; Khoa học chính trị ; Hoa Kỳ > Quan hệ nước ngoài > Trung Đông ; Trung Đông > Quan hệ nước ngoài > Hoa Kỳ; 327.73056 PRI 2017
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/81368
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Contents: List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; The USA and the Middle East; US Foreign Policy and the Middle East: Change or Continuity?; US Foreign Policy Objectives and Strategies; USA As an Offshore Balancer; The Organization of the Book; References; Chapter 2: Putting US Foreign Policy in a Theoretical Perspective; Explaining Foreign Policy; Selecting the Theoretical Framework; The Offensive Realist Theoretical Framework; Offshore Balancing and US Power Projection; Theoretical Arguments; Case Study and Comparative Case Study Analysis Contents: Justification for Case Study SelectionReferences; Chapter 3: The Cold War and the Trumanization of US Foreign Policy in the Middle East; The Truman Doctrine: Containing the Soviet Union in the Middle East; The Eisenhower Doctrine: Establishing US Influence in the Middle East; The Nixon Doctrine: Realizing the Cost of Direct Balancing; The Carter Doctrine: How Ideology Succumbs to the Constraints of Reality; The Reagan Doctrine: Rolling Back the Rogue Empire; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: The Bush Doctrine in the Middle East: A New American Century; The Bush Doctrine and the 2003 Iraq War Contents: ConclusionReferences; Chapter 5: The Real Obama Doctrine in the Middle East: Continuing the American Moment; The Birth of the Obama Doctrine; The Real Obama Doctrine; The Obama Doctrine Toward Iran and Turkey; The Obama Doctrine and Iran; The Obama Doctrine and Turkey; The Obama Doctrine and the ISIL: Playing Poker Power Politics; The ISIL: A Terrorist Organization or a Military Force?; Dealing with the ISIL; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Breaking the Taboo About the US-Iran Relationship; US Foreign Policy: Fearing Iran; The Rational Iran; Iran and the USA in the Iran-Contra Affair Contents: Iran and the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflictIran and the Russian-Chechen Conflict; Iran and the 2003 Iraq War; The 2015 US-Iran Deal; Iran and the USA: Pursuing Geostrategic Interests; The 2001 Afghanistan War; The 2003 Iraq War; The USA, Iran, and the ISIL; Note; References; Chapter 7: The Future of US Foreign Policy in the Middle East; The Prospect of US Foreign Policy; The Prospect of the ISIL; The Prospect of the US-Iran Relationship; The Prospect of Dealing with Israel, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia; The Prospect of Dealing with Russia and China; References; Index