Mauer Victor - European-American relations and the Middle East: from Suez to Iraq

EuropeanAmerican Relations and the Middle East

This book examines the evolution of EuropeanAmerican relations with the Middle East since 1945. Placing the current transatlantic debates on the Middle East into a broader context, this work analyses how, why, and to what extent European and US roles, interests, threat perceptions, and policy attitudes in the region have changed, relating to both the region as a whole and the two main issues analysed: Gulf security and the ArabIsraeli conflict. The contributors then go on to discuss the implications of these developments for Western policy-making.

The volume makes four key contributions. First, it examines the subject matter from a truly transatlantic perspective, with all chapters adopting a bi- or multilateral approach, taking into account the views from both the US and individual European countries or the EC/EU collectively. Second, the book takes a long-term view, covering a series of crises and developments over the past six decades. Third, it has a systematic structure, with the predominantly chronological order of the chapters being geared towards depicting trends and evolutions with regard to the key themes of the book. Finally, the book builds bridges between historians and political scientists/analysts, as well as between experts of transatlantic relations and Middle East scholars.

This book will be of great interest to students of transatlantic relations, the Middle East, US foreign policy, European politics, international history, and IR in general.

Daniel Mckli is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich. He is also the editor of CSS Analysis in Security Policy.

Victor Mauer is the Deputy Director and Head of Research of the Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich, and Lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities at ETH Zurich.

EuropeanAmerican Relations and the Middle East

From Suez to Iraq

Edited by Daniel Mckli and
Victor Mauer

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2011 Selection and editorial matter, Daniel Mckli and Victor Mauer;
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EuropeanAmerican relations and the Middle East: from Suez to Iraq/
edited by Daniel Mckli and Victor Mauer.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. United StatesForeign relationsMiddle East. 2. Middle EastForeign
relationsUnited States. 3. EuropeForeign relationsMiddle East. 4.
Middle EastForeign relationsEurope. 5. United StatesForeign
relationsEurope. 6. EuropeForeign relationsUnited States. 7. United
StatesForeign relations19451989. 8. United StatesForeign
relations1989. 9. EuropeForeign relations1945. I. Mckli, Daniel. II.
Mauer, Victor.
DS63.2.U5E88 2010
327.56073dc22 2009046652

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