Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Daniel Möckli and Victor Mauer -- Part I: Changing roles and interests : from Suez to Iraq -- Suez 1956 : European colonial interests and US Cold War prerogatives / Tore T. Petersen -- Iraq 2003 : regime change and its European discontent / Victor Mauer -- Part II: The Arab-Israeli conflict and the West -- Anglo-American relations and the Palestine question, 1945-56 / John Sakkas -- At odds in the Middle East : Paris, Washington, and the Six-Day War, 1967 / Garret Martin -- The EC-Nine and transatlantic conflict during the October War and the oil crisis, 1973-74 / Daniel Möckli -- The Euro-Arab dialogue, the Venice Declaration, and beyond : the limits of a distinct EC policy, 1974-89 / David Allen and Andrin Hauri -- From Madrid to Camp David : Europe, the US, and the Middle East peace process in the 1990s / Patrick Müller and Claire Spencer -- The Middle East Quartet : a new role for Europe? / Constanza Musu -- Part III: Gulf security and transatlantic relations -- Dealing with Iran : the US, Britain, and regime change 1951-3 / Malcolm Byrne -- Securing Gulf oil : Britain, NATO, and the question of military intervention East of Suez, 1949-68 / Stephen Blackwell -- Subcontracting security : the US, Britain, and Gulf security before the Carter Doctrine / Roland Popp -- Great Game redux : the US, Europe, and Gulf security in the late Cold War / Peter John Brobst -- Europe, the US, and the Gulf after the Cold War / Gerd Nonneman -- Iran and the bomb : Washington, the EU, and Iranian nuclear ambitions / Harsh V. Pant -- Conclusion: Major trends in European-American relations and the Middle East since 1945 / Daniel Möckli and Victor Mauer.

Placing the current transatlantic debates on the Middle East into a broader context, this work analyses how, why, and to what extent European and US roles, interests, threat perceptions, and policy attitudes in the region have changed, relating to both the region as a whole and the two main issues analysed: Gulf Security and the Arab-Israeli Conflict. The contributors then go on to discuss the implications of these developments for Western policymaking.