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The Limits of American Power
Prosecuting a Middle East Peace
9781847202437 Edward Elgar Publishing
Douglas Sturkey’s book presents a detailed and enlightening analysis of the projection of state power in international relations. As a case study, he considers the projection of the United States’s power to attain international objectives by means other than force.
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Douglas Sturkey’s book presents a detailed and enlightening analysis of the projection of state power in international relations. As a case study, he considers the projection of the United States’s power to attain international objectives by means other than force.
The Limits of American Power discusses how any country, including the US, has a range of instruments, short of force, at its disposal by which it may project power in pursuit of its diplomatic objectives. The use of the instruments is subject to domestic and international constraints and, particularly in the case of the US, its global position must also be considered.
This is a fascinating and rigorous study of how, from 1991, the US projected its power to attain its declared objective of a negotiated settlement of the Arab–Israel dispute, yet despite these efforts, failed to achieve it. The author reveals the disinclination of Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush to employ all the means available to them, and discontinuities in their approaches, which resulted in an ineffective projection of power during their presidencies to 2006. This analysis reveals measures that could be applied for a more effective projection of state power in relation to the Middle East dispute and also in other circumstances around the globe.
This book’s penetrating analysis and lessons to be learnt from the US experience in relation to the Arab–Israel dispute, will appeal strongly to scholars and practitioners in international relations, political science, and diplomacy.
The Limits of American Power discusses how any country, including the US, has a range of instruments, short of force, at its disposal by which it may project power in pursuit of its diplomatic objectives. The use of the instruments is subject to domestic and international constraints and, particularly in the case of the US, its global position must also be considered.
This is a fascinating and rigorous study of how, from 1991, the US projected its power to attain its declared objective of a negotiated settlement of the Arab–Israel dispute, yet despite these efforts, failed to achieve it. The author reveals the disinclination of Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush to employ all the means available to them, and discontinuities in their approaches, which resulted in an ineffective projection of power during their presidencies to 2006. This analysis reveals measures that could be applied for a more effective projection of state power in relation to the Middle East dispute and also in other circumstances around the globe.
This book’s penetrating analysis and lessons to be learnt from the US experience in relation to the Arab–Israel dispute, will appeal strongly to scholars and practitioners in international relations, political science, and diplomacy.
Contents
Contents: Introduction 1. Power and Diplomacy: The United States’s ‘Unipolar Moment’ 2. Failures and Success: The Road to Madrid 3. Expectation and Disappointment: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians, 1991–96 4. Progress and Regional Cooperation: The United States, Israel and Jordan; and the Multilateral Negotiations, 1992–97 5. Advance and Retreat: The United States, Israel and Syria, and Lebanon 6. Frustration and Failure: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians, 1996–2001 7. Distrust and Disengagement: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians, 2001–2006 8. Vision and Reality: A Post Hoc Evaluation 9. Conclusion Bibliography Index
