Dynamics of Arab Foreign Policy-Making in the Twenty-First Century

Domestic Constraints and External Challenges

von Hassan Hamdan Al-Alkim

400 Seiten, Hardcover

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Essential reading for policy-makers, scholars, researchers, and students of Middle East politics.An important contribution to studies on current Arab Foreign Policy.The book uses four case studies - the Middle East Peace process, the Water crisis, the Food crisis, and Saudi Arabia's foreign policy - to enable a wide-ranging analysis for understanding contemporary Arab politics and its role in world affairs.Author considers the significance of a changing world order, an unstable Arab regional order, and the Arab-Israeli conflict for Arab foreign policy-making processes as part of his analysis.Academic associations: Leading academic in the field, the author holds a BA in Political Science from Seattle University, USA, and an MA and PhD in Political Science from the University of Exeter, UK.He was a visiting research fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the Spring-Summer 1991, as part of the Fulbright Programme; at the School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK, 1992-3, and at the University of Reading, UK, 2008-10