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Barack Obama and the Arab Spring : A Successful Balancing Act of Foreign Policy and Diplomacy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zohny, A. Y. (Ahmed Younis), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obama, Barack--Political and social views.
- Obama, Barack.
- Arab Spring, 2010-.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Political and social views.
- United States--Foreign relations--Arab countries.
- United States.
- Arab countries--Foreign relations--United States.
- Arab countries.
- United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.
- Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.
- Middle East.
- United States--Foreign relations--2009-2017.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2021.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021]
- Summary:
- In Barack Obama and the Arab Spring: A Successful Balancing Act of Foreign Policy and Diplomacy, Ahmed Zohny develops a well-blended marriage of history and political theories of U.S. foreign policy, diplomacy, public diplomacy, and national security.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Conceptual Framework
- Introduction
- The Meaning of the Arab Spring
- Why the Name "Arab Spring"?
- Conceptual Framework
- Presidential Powers and Constraints
- The Relationship among IR, Foreign Policy, and PD
- How IR Scholarship Indulge Foreign Policy, and PD?
- How IR Treats PD
- Diplomacy
- Defining PD and Its Scope
- PD during Wars
- The Intermestic Politics
- The Rise of Political Islam on the World's Stage
- Definition of Political Islam
- The Impact of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks on the United States
- The Challenge of Democratization and the Compatibility of Islam with Democracy
- Barriers to Political Development and Democracy
- Political Development Stages
- The Soft State
- Is Islam Compatible with Democracy?
- Research Approach and Limitation
- Organization of the Book
- Notes
- Chapter 2: The Evolution of U.S. Foreign Policy and Diplomacy toward the Middle East
- Idealism's Perception of International Relations
- Main Features of Idealism14
- Realism's Perception of International Relations
- Main Features of Political Realism17
- American National Interest
- U.S. Foreign Policy and Diplomacy toward the Middle East
- September 11, 2001, Attack on the United States
- Combating Terror as a First Priority
- Preventive Warfare, Not Preemptive Strategy
- More Demands for Humanitarian Assistance
- Provocative Allies
- War Tiredness
- The Unique American Setting of Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
- The Informal (Political) Powers of the Presidency
- Presidential Constraints
- Barack Obama's Election
- Chapter 3: The Interrelationship between Domestic and Foreign Policy: The Intermestic Politics
- Tolerance of Interference and the Intermestic Politics.
- The Compatibility of U.S. and Israel National Interest in the Middle East
- Historical Development of Intermestic Politics in Favor of Israel
- Transforming Israel from Liability to Strategic Asset in the Middle East
- Obama and the Realities of the Special U.S.-Israeli Relations
- Summary of U.S. National Interests at Stake
- Vital Interests
- Extremely Important
- Important
- First Issue: The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
- Second Issue: Pursuing Negotiation with Iran to Limit Their Capability to Produce Nuclear Capability
- Chapter 4: The Rise of Political Islam at the World Stage
- U.S. Foreign Policy and Diplomacy during Bush's Administration
- The Resurgence of Political Islam
- The Rise of Islamists as Power in the International System
- Collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the Resurgence of Political Islam's as a Unifying Force
- The Cold War as a Catalyst for Promoting Radical Jihadism and Political Islam
- Islamic Revivalism and Modernism
- Obama's Foreign Policy Shifts from the Bush Administration
- First Shift
- Second Shift
- Obama's Public Diplomacy Shift from the Bush Administration
- Chapter 5: The Challenge of Democratization and the Compatibility of Islam and Democracy
- Barack Obama and the Challenge of Democratization in the Middle East.
- Resistance to Democratization in the Middle East
- Political Participation in the Arab Muslim Countries
- Why Is Participation Difficult even After Independence?
- The Neosultanistic Regimes of the Arab Countries
- Representative Organizations
- Transformation to a Civil Society.
- The Informal Realm of Participation
- The Arab's Perception of George Bush's Program of Democracy Promotion
- The Compatibility of Islam with Democracy!
- Obama's Position from this Debate
- Notes.
- Chapter 6: Obama's Response to Secular Arab Spring's States: Tunisia, Egypt, and Bahrain
- Obama's Repairing the Damage
- The Unexpected Events of the Arab Spring
- Case One: Tunisia Starts the Arab Spring
- Chronology of Events
- Criticism of U.S. Diplomatic Reaction
- First Group of Analysts
- Second Group of Analysts
- Case Two: Egypt
- U.S. Diplomatic Reaction to Egypt's Events, and the Limits of Leverage
- Criticism to U.S. Diplomatic Reaction
- Case Three: Bahrain
- 2011 Uprising: Origin, Developments, and Prognosis
- Crown Prince Salman's "Seven Principles" Reform Plan
- U.S. Diplomatic Reaction
- Chapter 7: Libya, Syria, and Yemen and Their Unique Characteristics
- Case Four: Libya
- Case Five: Syria
- U.S. Diplomatic Reaction:
- Case Six: Yemen
- U.S. Diplomatic Response
- Criticism of U.S. Diplomatic Response
- Chapter 8: Obama's Use of U.S. Power and Diplomacy
- Constitutional Provision of Presidential Powers
- The Arab Spring
- The Arab Spring and its Controversies
- Israel-Palestine Conflict
- Troop Withdrawal from Iraq
- Combating Islamic State
- Democracy Promotion
- Drone Strikes
- Guantanamo Closure
- Outreach and Negotiation with Iran
- Obama's Scope of Public Diplomacy
- Obama's Softening Rhetoric
- Obama's Interfaith Dialogue.
- Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship
- Obama's Science and Technology Envoy
- Public Diplomacy of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry
- Exercising Presidential Powers
- Chapter 9: Judging Obama's Foreign Policy and Diplomacy toward the Arab Spring
- How Obama's Foreign Policy Can Be Judged
- Obama's Exercise of Presidential Powers
- Obama's Public Diplomacy
- Concluding Remarks
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-66698-617-8
- 1-4985-8426-8
- OCLC:
- 1248598074
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