The ambiguous foreign policy of the United States toward the Muslim world : more than a handshake / David S. Oualaalou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oualaalou, David S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.

United States.

International relations.

Middle East.

Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.

Diplomatic relations.

Physical Description:

xxxvi, 163 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2016]

Summary:

The Ambiguous Foreign Policy of the United States toward the Muslim World: More than a Handshake sheds light on key issues in the Middle East. As the politics and society of the Middle East change, American foreign policy has become stagnant and stubborn. However, the changes occurring in the Middle East have brought into existence new, unfamiliar policies from regimes that reject old alliances and demand new solutions. Ongoing civil war in Syria, chaos in Yemen, and the recent conquests of ISIS have changed geopolitical calculations in the region for everyone concerned. American foreign policy, however, lacks the vision to predict the consequences of such changes. The United States is in need of a major change in approach if it is to maintain both its leadership and its credibility in the Muslim world. The political leadership in Washington naively and unrealistically assumes that it can impose its style of governance and way of thinking to make the Muslim world secular and democratic based on Western values. This volume constructively criticizes and objectively analyzes the present American political strategy to make possible an honest national debate about American foreign policy toward the Muslim world. This book questions the judgment of American foreign policy makers and argues that the United States has no coherent policy in place to address ongoing challenges. It highlights the need for creative thinking, flexibility, systematic understanding, cultural awareness, and effective strategy. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Historical Perspective 1

2 United States Foreign Policy toward the Muslim World 21

3 United States Foreign-Policy Conduct in the Middle East 37

4 United States Relations with Israel 103

5 United States' Relations with Key Regional Players 117

6 Analysis of US Relations with the Middle East 127

7 The Future of US Foreign Policy and Relations with the Muslim World 135

8 Author's Reflections 141.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Oualaalou, David S., author. Ambiguous foreign policy of the United States toward the Muslim world.

ISBN:

9781498508971

1498508979

OCLC:

930683454