The Diplomacy of the Middle East: The International Relations of Regional and outside Powers

Clarke, Duncan L., The Middle East Journal

The Diplomacy of the Middle East: The International Relations of Regional and Outside Powers, ed. by L. Carl Brown. New York: LB. Tauris Publishers, 2001. xxix + 308 pages. Bibl. essay to p. 325. Index to p. 365. $59.50.

Reviewed by Duncan L. Clarke

L. Carl Brown gathered 14 prominent historians, political scientists, and policy practitioners to do two things: (1) examine the assumptions guiding the foreign policies of the states of the Middle East and of four non-regional states active in Middle East diplomacy, and, (2) discern "underlying patterns of international relations in the Middle East" (p. ix). Brown acknowledges in his Conclusion that the latter objective was …

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Publication information: Article title: The Diplomacy of the Middle East: The International Relations of Regional and outside Powers. Contributors: Clarke, Duncan L. - Author. Journal title: The Middle East Journal. Volume: 56. Issue: 2 Publication date: Spring 2002. Page number: 352+. © Middle East Institute Winter 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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