The Arab Spring: challenges to the US Middle East policy
This study argues that the Arab World and the larger Middle East region are politically, strategically, and economically significant in the US foreign policy formulation. However, the 2011 Arab Spring poses serious challenges to Washington’s interests and policy in the region. The Arab Spring entai...
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| description | This study argues that the Arab World and the larger Middle East region are politically, strategically, and economically significant in the US foreign policy formulation. However, the 2011 Arab Spring poses serious
challenges to Washington’s interests and policy in the region. The Arab Spring entails political elite transformation in the Arab countries of the Middle East region. The Arab Spring could sweep into power the Arab nationalists and the Islamists. In the democratic Middle East, the effectiveness of the State of Israel card as the only democratic state will diminish. The study concludes that unless Washington in search of new allies adopts the approach of constructive engagement and inclusive democracy in the larger Middle East region, Iran will exploit the Arab street protests and thwart USA’s interests and stability in the region. |
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| spelling | iium-631762018-04-02T08:20:33Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63176/ The Arab Spring: challenges to the US Middle East policy Ra'ees, Wahabuddin JA Political science (General) This study argues that the Arab World and the larger Middle East region are politically, strategically, and economically significant in the US foreign policy formulation. However, the 2011 Arab Spring poses serious challenges to Washington’s interests and policy in the region. The Arab Spring entails political elite transformation in the Arab countries of the Middle East region. The Arab Spring could sweep into power the Arab nationalists and the Islamists. In the democratic Middle East, the effectiveness of the State of Israel card as the only democratic state will diminish. The study concludes that unless Washington in search of new allies adopts the approach of constructive engagement and inclusive democracy in the larger Middle East region, Iran will exploit the Arab street protests and thwart USA’s interests and stability in the region. Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63176/1/63176_The%20Arab%20Spring.pdf Ra'ees, Wahabuddin (2012) The Arab Spring: challenges to the US Middle East policy. International Journal of Arab Culture, Management and Sustainable Development, 2 (2). pp. 185-198. ISSN 1753-9412 E-ISSN 1753-9420 https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJACMSD.2012.049130 https://doi.org/10.1504/IJACMSD.2012.049130 |
| spellingShingle | JA Political science (General) Ra'ees, Wahabuddin The Arab Spring: challenges to the US Middle East policy |
| title | The Arab Spring: challenges to the US Middle East policy |
| title_full | The Arab Spring: challenges to the US Middle East policy |
| title_fullStr | The Arab Spring: challenges to the US Middle East policy |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Arab Spring: challenges to the US Middle East policy |
| title_short | The Arab Spring: challenges to the US Middle East policy |
| title_sort | arab spring: challenges to the us middle east policy |
| topic | JA Political science (General) |
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