1st Edition

European-American Relations and the Middle East From Suez to Iraq

Edited By Victor Mauer, Daniel Möckli Copyright 2011
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the evolution of European-American 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... Read more

Introduction Daniel Möckli and Victor Mauer  Part 1: Changing Roles and Interests: From Suez to Iraq  1. Suez 1956: European Colonial Interests and US Cold War Prerogatives Tore T. Petersen  2. Iraq 2003: Regime Change and Its European Discontents Victor Mauer  Part 2: The Arab-Israeli Conflict and the West  3. Anglo-American Relations and the Palestine Question, 1945-56 John Sakkas  4. At Odds in the Middle East: Paris, Washington, and the Six-Day War, 1967 Garret Martin  5. The EC-Nine and Transatlantic Conflict During the October War and the Oil Crisis, 1973/74 Daniel Möckli  6. The Euro-Arab Dialogue, the Venice Declaration, and Beyond: The Limits of a Distinct EC Policy, 1974-89 David Allen and Andrin Hauri  7. From Madrid to Camp David: Europe, the US, and the Middle East Peace Process in the 1990s Patrick Müller and Claire Spencer  8. The Middle East Quartet: A New Role for Europe? Constanza Musu  Part 3: Gulf Security and Transatlantic Relations  9. Dealing with Iran: The US, Britain, and Regime Change 1951-3 Malcolm Byrne  10. Securing Gulf Oil: Britain, NATO, and the Question of Military Intervention East of Suez, 1949-68 Stephen Blackwell  11. Subcontracting Security: The US, Britain, and Gulf Security Before the Carter Doctrine Roland Popp  12. Great Game Redux: The US, Europe, and Gulf Security in the Late Cold War Peter John Brobst  13. Europe, the US, and the Gulf After the Cold War Gerd Nonneman  14. Iran and the Bomb: Washington, the EU, and Iranian Nuclear Ambitions Harsh V. Pant.  Conclusion: Major Trends in European-American Relations and the Middle East since 1945 Daniel Möckli and Victor Mauer

Biography

Daniel Möckli is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich. He is also the editor of CSS Analyses 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.