Author: Stephen M. Walt
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2013-08-09
Total Pages: 335
ISBN-13: 0801469996
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →How are alliances made? In this book, Stephen M. Walt makes a significant contribution to this topic, surveying theories of the origins of international alliances and identifying the most important causes of security cooperation between states. In addition, he proposes a fundamental change in the present conceptions of alliance systems. Contrary to traditional balance-of-power theories, Walt shows that states form alliances not simply to balance power but in order to balance threats. Walt begins by outlining five general hypotheses about the causes of alliances. Drawing upon diplomatic history and a detailed study of alliance formation in the Middle East between 1955 and 1979, he demonstrates that states are more likely to join together against threats than they are to ally themselves with threatening powers. Walt also examines the impact of ideology on alliance preferences and the role of foreign aid and transnational penetration. His analysis show, however, that these motives for alignment are relatively less important. In his conclusion, he examines the implications of "balance of threat" for U.S. foreign policy.
Author: Efraim Karsh
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1991-06-18
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1349114820
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An examination of the nature of Soviet policy towards Syria during the last two decades, which seeks to assess Moscow's objectives and the means of achieving those objectives. The study argues that the overriding concern of Soviet policy is preservation of regional stability.
Author: Rami Ginat
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-04-03
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 1136309888
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The importance of Lutfi al-Khuli and the intellectual circle associated with the Nasserist regime is examined here. Rami Ginat looks at al-Khuli's contribution to the short-lived yet formidable success of Arab socialism.
Author: Galia Golan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-06-24
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780521143905
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This 1977 book was undertaken with the purpose of determining the degree of Soviet involvement in the Middle East crisis, from the expulsion of the Soviet advisers from Egypt in 1972, through the planning stage of the war and the war itself, up to the disengagement agreements which in fact finally brought the war to a close. Dr Golan first investigates Soviet interests in the region, particularly in connection with the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the relationships of these regional interests - be they strategic, political, economic or ideological - to Soviet global interests. There follows a detailed study of Soviet policy towards the Middle East crisis as seen through Soviet relations with the Arab states and the Palestinians, Soviet propaganda to the Arab world, Soviet-American relations, Soviet domestic and international problems related to Middle East policy, and, more specifically, the Soviet attitude towards a settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Author: Mark V. Kauppi
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Eksperter i Mellemøst-anliggender skriver de sovjetrussiske udenrigs- og sikkerhedspolitiske bestræbelser i Mellemøsten samt USSR's forhold til og påvirkning af de enkelte lande i regionen herunder den sovjetiske besættelse af Afghanistan samt USAþs og USSRþs indbyrdes forhold i Mellemøsten.
Author: Kay Dickinson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-07-25
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 1838714448
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Exploring the impact of travel on Arab cinema, Kay Dickinson reveals how the cinemas of Syria, Palestine and Dubai have been shaped by the history and politics of international circulation. This compelling book offers fresh insights into film, mobility and the Middle East.
Author: John Waterbury
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2014-07-14
Total Pages: 501
ISBN-13: 140085735X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A balance sheet of thirty years of revolutionary experiment, this work is a comprehensive analysis of the failure of the socialist transformation of Egypt during the regimes of Nasser and Sadat. Testing recent theories of the nature of the developing states and their relation both to indigenous class forces and to external pressures from advanced industrial societies, John Waterbury describes the limited but complex choices available to Egyptian policy-makers in their attempts to reconcile the goals of reform and capital accumulation. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.