1st Edition

Analysing Middle East Foreign Policies The Relationship with Europe

Edited By Gerd Nonneman Copyright 2005
278 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

In the post-9/11 climate, the role of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) states in Europe’s regional security environment and international politics has become more than ever a focus for attention, but remains ill-understood. This book provides a framework for the analysis of Middle Eastern foreign policies in general, and for understanding these states’ relations with Europe in particular.... Read more

1. Introduction Gerd Nonneman  2. Analyzing the Foreign Policies of the Middle East and North Africa: A Conceptual Framework Gerd Nonneman  3. The Three Environments of Middle East Foreign Policy making and Relations with Europe Gerd Nonneman  4. Analyzing Moroccan Foreign Policy and Relations with Europe Nizar Messari & Michael Willis  5. Egyptian-European Relations: From Conflict to Cooperation Emad Gad  6. Globalization and Generational Change: Syrian Foreign Policy between Regional Conflict and European partnership Raymond Hinnebusch  7. Lebanon and Europe: the Foreign Policy of a Penetrated State Tom Najem  8. Propaganda versus Pragmatism: Iraqi Foreign Policy in Qasim’s Years Alberto Tonini  9. Dynamics and Determinants of the GCC States’ Foreign Policy, with Special reference to the EU Abdulla Baabood  10. Revolution, Theocratic Leadership and Iran’s Foreign Policy: Implications for Iran-EU Relations Ziba Moshaver  11. The Determinants of Turkish Foreign Policy, and Turkey’s European Vocation Mustafa Aydin  12. Shades of Opinion: the Oil Exporting Countries and International Climate Politics Paul Aarts & Dennis Janssen  13. Explaining International Politics in the Middle East: The Struggle of Regional Identity and Systemic Structure Raymond Hinnebusch  14. Afterword: Small States’ Diplomacy in the Age of Globalization: an Omani Perspective Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Bu Said

Biography

Gerd Nonneman is Reader in International Relations & Middle East Politics at Lancaster University, Associate Research Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), and Executive Director of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies. Among his previous books are Iraq, the Gulf States & the War; War & Peace in the Gulf; The Middle East and Europe; Muslim Communities in Europe; and Political and Economic Liberalization.