Palestine in EU and Russian Foreign Policy: Statehood and the Peace Process - Rilegato

Alagha, Malath

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ISBN 10: 113864787X ISBN 13: 9781138647879

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2016

Riassunto

The establishment of a Palestinian state has long been a strategic objective of EU and Russian foreign policy in the Middle East. However, over a decade after the creation of the road-map, the establishment of an independent Palestinian state has still not been achieved.

Palestine in EU and Russian Foreign Policy uses the school of constructivism to provide a new understanding of EU and Russian foreign policy. It explores the failure of these global actors to speed up the process of establishing a Palestinian state, despite this being a strategic objective and top priority of their involvement in the Middle East peace process. The book then analyses the role of identity and self-other perception in the making of EU and Russian foreign policy towards the Middle East peace process. It is argued that Palestinian statehood provides a telling empirical example of how, and to what extent, the search for global actorness, as a matter of international identity, informs foreign policy-making by global actors. The book then proceeds to discuss why the EU and Russia are so eager to be involved in initiating a peace settlement.

Offering a new understanding of foreign policy-making by global players in Middle Eastern politics, this book will appeal to students, scholars and policymakers working in International Relations and European, Russian and Middle Eastern studies.

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Recensione:

"The author competently untangles the various facets of diplomacy, exposing key actors and their intentions while showing what is routinely unacknowledged in favour of pretence and false hopes. Palestine does not have an ally in either entity - it is being exploited for influence in the region, which is where EU and Russian interests lie."

Ramona Wadi, Middle East Monitor

L'autore:

Malath Alagha is a Lecturer in the Department of Politics at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 113864787X
• ISBN 13: 9781138647879
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 170