What Next for Britain in the Middle East? (eBook, PDF)

Security, Trade and Foreign Policy after Brexit
Redaktion: Stephens, Michael; Phillips, Christopher

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

As the UK enters a period of intense public introspection in the wake of Brexit, this book takes on one of the key questions emerging from the divisive process: what is Britain's place in the world? The Middle East is one of the regions the UK has been most engaged in historically. This book assesses the drivers of foreign policy successes and failures and asks if there is a way to revitalise British influence in the region, and if this is even desirable.

The book analyses the values, trade and security concerns that drive the UK's foreign policy. There are separate chapters on the non- Arab powers - Israel, Turkey and Iran - as well as chapters on the Middle Eastern Arab states and regions including the Gulf, Iraq, Egypt, and Syria and the Levant. The contributions are from leading specialists in the field: Rosemary Hollis, Michael Clarke, Ian Black, Bill Park, Christopher Phillips, Sanam Vakil, Michael Stephens and Louise Kettle. They each explain and re-assess the declining western influence and continued instability in the region and what this means for the UK's priorities and strategy towards the MENA. This is an essential book for policy makers, journalists and researchers focused on foreign policy towards the Middle East.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780755617173
• Artikelnr.: 62284540

Autorenporträt

Christopher Phillips is Reader in International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London, U.K and associate fellow at Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa Programme. He has written for The Guardian, The Washington Post, Newsweek and CNN, among others. He has also made numerous media appearances on outlets including BBC Newsnight, Radio 4's Today Programme, BBC News, Al-Jazeera, Sky News and Channel 4 News. He is the author of The Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the new Middle East (2016). Michael Stephens is a Senior Research Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI), and an Associate Fellow at RUSI where he previously worked as the Research Fellow for Middle East Studies. Michael was seconded to the Foreign and Commonwealth in 2017 serving as the Senior Research Analyst for Lebanon and Syria. He is a regular broadcast commentator and has written for many of the world's top news publications.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors Map of the Middle East Acknowledgements 1.
Introduction Christopher Phillips & Michael Stephens PART ONE: Still
searching for a role - The UK in the Middle East from East of Suez to
Brexit 2. Britain and the Middle East since 1971 Rosemary Hollis 3.
Britain's Foreign Policy Landscape in the Post-Brexit Era Michael Clarke
4. Still Special? The UK and US in the Middle East Michael Stephens PART
TWO: Principles and Pragmatism - the debates over the UK's Middle East
priorities 5. The third wheel? "Values" in British foreign policy in the
Middle East James Lynch 6. Prosperity David Butter 7. Security Louise
Kettle PART THREE: Britain and the non-Arab powers 8. Turkey Bill Park 9.
Israel Ian Black 10. Iran - Bridging Opportunities and Challenges Sanam
Vakil PART FOUR: Britain and the Middle Eastern Arab states 11. Syria and
the Levant Christopher Phillips 12. Iraq Jack Watling 13. The Gulf Tobias
Borck and Michael Stephens 14. Egypt Emma El-Badawy 15. Conclusion
Christopher Phillips & Michael Stephens