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US Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East - The Realpolitik of Deceit (Hardcover)
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US Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East - The Realpolitik of Deceit (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Global Security Studies
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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 policy towards nuclear-armed Israel. Because of a closely
guarded bipartisan consensus, these four core foundations of
contemporary US Middle East policy have largely evaded public
criticism and scrutiny. This book argues that US strategy towards
the Middle East has rarely been guided by order, stability and the
national interest. Rather, successive administrations have created
a house of cards built on a series of deceptions and constructed
perceptions or myths. Combined, these four aspects of US Middle
East policy have ushered in a decade of political violence,
instability, sectarian divisions and an imbalance of power which
has culminated in the territorial disintegration of Iraq and
countries in the Levant as well as the rise of ISIS. Moving forward
requires a rational pursuit of the national interest based on
realist principles. This book will be of much interest to students
of US foreign policy, Middle Eastern politics, security studies and
IR in general.
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