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

This book seeks to place the recent transatlantic strains over Iraq into a broader perspective, and traces the policy debate between the US and Europe regarding the Middle East since 1945.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

This book examines the evolution of European-American relations with the Middle East since 1945.

Product details

• Authors: Victor Mockli Mauer, Victor Moeckli Mauer, MAUER VICTOR MOCKLI DANIEL, Daniel Mauer Moeckli
• Assisted by: Victor Mauer (Editor), Mauer Victor (Editor), Daniel Mockli (Editor), Daniel Möckli (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.07.2012
• EAN: 9780415641975
• ISBN: 978-0-415-64197-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: CSS Studies in Security and International Relations; CSS Studies in Security and International Relations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), Europe, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, Warfare & defence, Regional Studies, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Regional / International studies, Warfare and defence, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Armed Conflict