From: Shahram Akbarzadeh <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: The Obama Administration's ME Policy in Critical Review
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 20:36:01 +1000
Dear Colleagues,
It is with great pleasure that I bring this new publication to your attention.
Regards,
Shahram Akbarzadeh
America's Challenges in the Greater Middle East:
The Obama Administration's Policies
Edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh
Palgrave. July 2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-11277-3
Overview:
The Middle East has been the centerpiece of American foreign policy for decades.
As President Barack Obama faces continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the
nuclear debate in Iran and the ever-present Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the
future of this region is once again firmly in the international spotlight.
America's Challenges in the Greater Middle East charts U.S. policy towards key
Middle Eastern states and evaluates the
impact of the current Administration's policies. This edited volume brings
together scholarly opinion from a diverse range of world-recognized experts and
is the definitive text on the Obama Administration's engagement with this
volatile, yet politically vital, part of the world.
Reviewer's Comments:
"This insightful overview of the US struggle to redefine its position in the
Middle East after the end of the Cold War shows that a new coherent policy is
still work in progress at best."--Marina Ottaway, Director, Middle East
Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Table of Contents:
*Iraq--Charles Dunne
*Iran--Shahram Akbarzadeh
*Saudi Arabia--Tom Lippman
*Gulf Sheikhdoms--Christian Koch
*Pakistan--Touqir Hussain
*Afghanistan--William Maley *
*Somalia--Kenneth John Menkhaus
*Egypt--Michele Dunne
*Israeli-Palestinian Dispute--Beverley Milton-Edwards
*Central Asia-Luca Anceschi and Shahram Akbarzadeh
*Maghreb--Yahia Zoubir
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Shahram Akbarzadeh, PhD
Professor of Asian Politics
(Middle East & Central Asia)
Deputy Director | National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies | Asia
Institute | The University of Melbourne | Vic 3010 Australia | Tel +613 8344
8895 | Fax. +61 3 9349 4870
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