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US Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East The Realpolitik of Deceit

By Bernd Kaussler, Glenn P. Hastedt Copyright 2017
198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers a realist critique of US foreign policy towards the Middle East in the past decade. It critically examines four core foundations of contemporary US Middle East policy: US relations with Saudi Arabia after the Arab Spring; US diplomacy towards Iran and the Obama administration’s policy of engagement; the road to, and aftermath of, the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq; and US... Read more

Introduction: Foreign Policy Lies and Middle East Security





1. The Nuclear Lie: The US and Israel’s nuclear weapons program







2. Liberal Lies: The alliance with Saudi Arabia:





3. A decade of total war: Iraq, Syria and Libya





4. Engagement with Iran: Shedding the ‘Iranian Myth’





Conclusion: The Realpolitik of Deceit

Biography



Bernd Kaussler is Associate Professor of Political Science at James Madison University, USA, and author of Iran’s Nuclear Diplomacy: Power Politics and Conflict Resolution (Routledge, 2013).



Glenn P. Hastedt is Professor and Chair of the Justice Studies Department at James Madison University, USA, and author of American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, Future, 11th edition (2016).