Great powers and regional order [ the United States and the Persian Gulf

Explores the manifestations of US power in the Persian Gulf and the limits of American influence. This volume offers an exploration of both US domestic politics as it impacts policy toward the region, as well as the role played by that region on regional order and stability

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaim, Markus , 1968- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, England;Burlington, VT : Ashgate , c2008
Series:US foreign policy and conflict in the Islamic world series
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Online Access:NetLibrary

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. U.S. policy and the regional order of the Persian Gulf : the analytical framework -- 2. U.S. strategy towards the Persian Gulf : from rogue states to failed states -- 3. Charting U.S. security strategy in the Persian Gulf -- 4. United States oil diplomacy in the Persian Gulf -- 5. U.S. democracy promotion in the Persian Gulf -- 6. The domestic politics of U.S. policy towards the Persian Gulf -- 7. Has public diplomacy failed? : the U.S. media strategy towards the Middle East and the regional perception of U.S. foreign policy -- 8. The mechanisms of power-balancing in the Persian Gulf : internal factors-external challenges -- 9. From local to global jihad and back : Islamist terrorists and their impact on U.S. gulf policy -- 10. Societal change in Saudi-Arabia and U.S. regional policy -- 11. The perils of nation-building in Iraq : the implications for U.S. policy in the Middle East -- 12. The EU policy towards the Persian Gulf -- 13. Pax Americana in the Persian Gulf and the contradictions of Russian foreign policy -- 14. Sino-Gulf relations and the United States : dark cloud-silver lining? -- 15. U.S. gulf policy : challenges for the next U.S. administration 
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