Arms control in the Middle East : cooperative security dialogue and regional constraints / Emily B. Landau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landau, Emily B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arms control--Middle East.

Arms control.

Middle East.

Egypt--Politics and government--20th century.

Egypt.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xii, 253 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Brighton [England] ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2006.

Contents:

Approaching cooperative security dialogue

The structure and dynamics of cooperation

Constructivism and security dialogue

Strategic interaction and the seminar framework

(Re)defining regional security

Arms control as a process

When theory meets ACRS

Track II diplomacy

Refining the arms control game

The case study

The Middle East arms control dialogue

Seminar diplomacy : a review of the talks

Initial conceptions of security

Framing the security debate

The process of arguing : effects of the seminar framework

Dynamics of convergence and divergence

CSBMS : the common language of arms control

An altered security conception?

The limited constitutive effect of seminar diplomacy on Egypt

Arab nationalism and Egypt's leadership identity

Arabism : ideology, interest, or norm?

Egypt : hegemony and pan-Arabism

Sadat's move for peace

The 1990s : Arabism and Egypt's continued leadership interest

Egypt's role in the arms control dialogue

Egypt's agenda

Framing the Arab security interest

Securitization of the nuclear issue

The challenge to Egypt's leadership role

Bilateral dynamics within the multilateral framework

Egypt's ambivalent approach

The cultural dimension : recognition and respect

Regional rivals, strategic dialogue partners

Implications for the nature of the game.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-244) and index.

ISBN:

1845190289

OCLC:

67922312