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- Analyzes inherent flaws in the existing US foreign policy toward the Greater Middle East
- Highlights factors of the continued instability and foreign investment risk in the Greater Middle East
- Contributes to the existing literature at the theoretical, conceptual, and empirical levels
Part of the book series: Middle East Today (MIET)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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US Foreign Policy
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Front Matter
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Conclusions
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
“In this clear, richly researched, and compelling book, Eugenio Lilli demonstrates that President Obama’s Middle Eastern policies reflect ‘Liberal Talk, Realist Thinking.’ In a wide-ranging study, which includes analysis of the recent Arab uprisings, Lilli argues that there was no re-setting of America’s relationship with the Middle east. On the contrary, US policy under Obama remained largely continuous with those of his predecessors, Republican and Democrat.” (Prof. Inderjeet Parmar, Chair and Head of Department, Obama Research Network, City University London, UK)
“President Obama came to power riding a wave of expectation and declaration. He declared his approach to the creation of American foreign policy towards the Middle East would be different, and many Americans and citizens in other countries, especially the Middle East, expected it would be so. In a deeply researched, stimulating, and convincing study of American foreign policy in that region during the Obamaadministration, Eugenio Lilli challenges the idea of significant change actually taking place. Focusing on determining the reality of action versus rhetoric and on issues of hypocrisy infused into American foreign policy for the region over a long period of time, Lilli exposes the continuity of Obama's approach, rather than any dramatic shift in policy.” (Prof. Greg Kennedy, Director of the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies, King's College London at the Joint Services Command and Staff College Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, UK)
“This is an interesting book addressing one of the most difficult areas of Barack Obama’s foreign policy: the relationship between the United States and the Greater Middle East. Eugenio Lilli engages successfully with foreign policy theory and notions of American exceptionalism, realism, socioeconomics, and realism while always considering the key theme of the balance between core strategic national interests and the promotion of ideal national interests. There has been much written on Obama’s foreign policy; this book skillfully brings together much of that analysis with a unique perspective which will enable readers to gain a clearer understanding of very complex events.” (Andrew Moran, Associate Professor of International Relations and University Teaching Fellow, London Metropolitan University, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
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King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
Eugenio Lilli
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: New Beginning in US-Muslim Relations
Book Subtitle: President Obama and the Arab Awakening
Authors: Eugenio Lilli
Series Title: Middle East Today
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58362-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-58623-0Published: 18 May 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95445-2Published: 27 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-58362-8Published: 01 June 2016
Series ISSN: 2945-7017
Series E-ISSN: 2945-7025
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 302
Topics: Foreign Policy, US Politics, Middle Eastern Politics, Political History