The Middle East In Global Perspective

Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The United States, the Middle East, and Our Changing World -- New Perspectives -- Foreign Policy Capacity in the Middle East -- Peace Process and Intercommunal Strife -- The Political Foundations of Policymaking -- Policymaking Within the Palestinian Polity -- The Domestic Foundations of Israeli Foreign Policy -- The Changing Role of Congress in U.S. Middle East Policy -- Military Force -- The Uses and Abuses of Military Power in the Middle East -- The Syrian Doctrine of Strategic Parity -- The Use of Military Force: An Israeli Analysis -- Economic Interdependence and Leverage -- The Politics and Limitations of Economic Leverage -- The Peace Process in a Changing World -- Notes on the U.S. Role in the Middle East -- Lebanon: The Disparity Between Ideal Commitments and Practical Implementation -- A Jordanian Perspective on the United States in the Middle East -- A Broader Peace Process for the Middle East