Re-engaging the Middle East : a new vision for U.S. Policy / Dafna H. Rand, Andrew P. Miller.

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TextPublisher: Washington : Brookings Institution Press, 2020Description: xix, 308 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

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9780815737407

Contents:

Between retreat and overinvestment in the Middle East and North Africa / Andrew P. Miller, Dafna H. Rand – The Syrian crucible and future U.S. options / Wa’el Alzayat -- Moving from partisan to peacemaker in Yemen / Christopher J. Le Mon -- Toward a stable Libya / Megan Doherty -- The U.S.-Israel relationship and the Israeli-Palestinian arena / Daniel B. Shapiro -- Why Iraq matters / Jon Finer -- The United States and Egypt: updating an obsolete relationship / Amy Hawthorne, Andrew P. Miller -- Recalibrating the terms of U.S.-Saudi relations / Daniel Benaim -- A new cold war in the Middle East? / Alexander Bick -- Iran: leading with diplomacy / Sahar Nowrouzzadeh, Jane Rhee -- Adapting U.S. defense posture in the Middle East for new priorities / Melissa Dalton, Maria Karlin -- The use and misuse of security assistance in the Middle East and North Africa / Stephen Tankel -- Toward strategic investments in foreign assistance: the Tunisia experiment / Dafna H. Rand -- Looking to the future / Dafna H. Rand, Andrew P. Miller.

Summary: "U.S. policy in the Middle East has had very few successes in recent years, so maybe it's time for a different approach. But is the new approach of the Trump administration-military disengagement coupled with unquestioning support for key allies-Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia-the way forward? In this edited volume, noted experts on the region lay out a better long-term strategy for protecting U.S. interests in the Middle East. The authors articulate a vision that is both self-interested and carefully tailored to the unique dynamics of the increasingly divergent sub-regions in the Middle East, including North Africa, the Sunni Arab bloc of Egypt and Persian Gulf states, and the increasingly chaotic Levant. The book argues that the most effective way to pursue and protect U.S. interests is unlikely to involve the same alliance-centric approach that has been the basis of Washington's policy since the 1990s. Instead, the United States should adopt a nimbler and less military-dominant strategy that relies on a diversified set of partners and a determination to establish priorities for American interests and the use of resources, both financial and military. In essence, the book calls for a new post-Obama and post-Trump approach to the region that reflects the fact that U.S. interests are changing and likely will continue to change. The book offers a fresh perspective in advance of the 2020 presidential election"-- Provided by publisher.

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Between retreat and overinvestment in the Middle East and North Africa / Andrew P. Miller, Dafna H. Rand – The Syrian crucible and future U.S. options / Wa’el Alzayat --
Moving from partisan to peacemaker in Yemen / Christopher J. Le Mon --
Toward a stable Libya / Megan Doherty --
The U.S.-Israel relationship and the Israeli-Palestinian arena / Daniel B. Shapiro --
Why Iraq matters / Jon Finer --
The United States and Egypt: updating an obsolete relationship / Amy Hawthorne, Andrew P. Miller --
Recalibrating the terms of U.S.-Saudi relations / Daniel Benaim --
A new cold war in the Middle East? / Alexander Bick --
Iran: leading with diplomacy / Sahar Nowrouzzadeh, Jane Rhee --
Adapting U.S. defense posture in the Middle East for new priorities / Melissa Dalton, Maria Karlin --
The use and misuse of security assistance in the Middle East and North Africa / Stephen Tankel --
Toward strategic investments in foreign assistance: the Tunisia experiment / Dafna H. Rand --
Looking to the future / Dafna H. Rand, Andrew P. Miller.

"U.S. policy in the Middle East has had very few successes in recent years, so maybe it's time for a different approach. But is the new approach of the Trump administration-military disengagement coupled with unquestioning support for key allies-Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia-the way forward? In this edited volume, noted experts on the region lay out a better long-term strategy for protecting U.S. interests in the Middle East. The authors articulate a vision that is both self-interested and carefully tailored to the unique dynamics of the increasingly divergent sub-regions in the Middle East, including North Africa, the Sunni Arab bloc of Egypt and Persian Gulf states, and the increasingly chaotic Levant. The book argues that the most effective way to pursue and protect U.S. interests is unlikely to involve the same alliance-centric approach that has been the basis of Washington's policy since the 1990s. Instead, the United States should adopt a nimbler and less military-dominant strategy that relies on a diversified set of partners and a determination to establish priorities for American interests and the use of resources, both financial and military. In essence, the book calls for a new post-Obama and post-Trump approach to the region that reflects the fact that U.S. interests are changing and likely will continue to change. The book offers a fresh perspective in advance of the 2020 presidential election"-- Provided by publisher.

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