European, Middle Eastern, Political Science, Public Affairs & Policy, International Relations, Public Policy 

At a time when the Middle East and North Africa-host to most of the World's oil and gas reserves- are often identified with threats of instability, 'rogue states', terrorism and migration, Europe has its own particular concerns about the region that sits on its doorstep. Yet a genuine understanding of what drives the behaviour of these states remains elusive.
This book provides a conceptual framework for analysis of Middle Eastern foreign policies in general, and for understanding these states' relations with Europe in particular. It examines the domestic, regional and international environments that condition these policies, and investigates the actual policy output through a wide range of country studies drawn the Maghreb, the Mashreq, the Gulf and Turkey. Europe is treated here both as a target of these foreign policies, and as part of the environment that shapes them.
This south-to-north perspective, using the tools of Foreign Policy Analysis, fills a major gap in the Literature on Euro-Middle Eastern relations. It also adds to the study of International Relations by throwing light on wider questions about 'Third World' foreign policy.
This book is an extensively revised, expanded and updated version of a special issue of The Review of International Affairs.

Gerd Nonneman is Reader in International Relations and Middle East Politics at Lancaster Univerisity, and a former Executive Director of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies.  

In the post-9/11 climate, the role of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) states in Europe’s regional security environment and international politics has become more than ever a focus for attention, but remains ill-understood. This book provides a framework for the analysis of Middle Eastern foreign policies in general, and for understanding these states’ relations with Europe in particular. The book fills a gap in the literature on Euro-Middle Eastern relations by adopting a south-to-north perspective, using the tools of Foreign Policy Analysis to examine the determinants of the foreign policies of the MENA states themselves: only thus can one hope to arrive at a genuine understanding of what underlies these states’ evolving policy orientations and behaviour towards Europe. The volume starts by laying out a conceptual framework for analysis, and examining the domestic, regional, and international environments that condition MENA foreign policies. Actual policy output is then systematically investigated through a wide range of country case studies ranging from the Maghreb and the Mashreq to the Gulf and Turkey. Europe is treated throughout both as a target of those foreign policies, and as part of the environment that shapes them. The result of a two-year project sponsored by the European University Institute’s Mediterranean Programme, the book helps bridge the divide between Middle East expertise and the discipline of International Relations. The systematic comparative analysis of MENA states’ foreign policy with special reference to Europe throws new light on questions about ‘Third World’ foreign policy. - from Amzon 

Table of Contents:
Introduction by Gerd Nonneman..............................................................P. 1

1. Analyzing the Foreign Policies of the Middle East and North Africa:
A Conceptual Framework by Gerd Nonmneman......................................P. 6

2. The Three Environments of Middle East Foreign Policy Making and
Relations with Europe by Gerd Nonmneman.........................................P. 19

3. Analyzing Moroccan Foreign Policy and Relations with Europe by
Micheal Willis and Nizar Messari..........................................................P. 43

4. Egyptian-European Relations: From Conflict to Cooperation by Emad Gad..P. 64

5. Globalization and Gnerational Change: Syrian Foreign Policy Between
Regional Conflict and European Partnership by Raymond Hinnebusch........ P. 81

6.Lebanon and Europe: The Foreign Policy of a Penetrated State by
Tom Pierre Najem................................................................................P. 100

7. Propaganda Versus Pragmatism: Iraqi Foreign Policy in Qasim's Year,
1958-63 by Alberto Baabood............................................................... P. 123

8. Dynamics and Determinants of the GCC State's Foreign Policy: Implication
For Iran-EU Relations by Ziba Moshaver.............................................. P. 174

9. The Determinants of Turkish Foreign Policy, and Turkey's European Vacation
by Mustafa Aydin................................................................................P. 197

10. Shades of Opinion: the OIL Exporting Countries and the International
Climate politics by Paul Aarts and Dennis Janssen..................................P. 223

11. Expalining International politics in the Middle East: The Struggle of Regional
Identity and Systemic Structure by Raymond Hinnebusch.....................P. 243

AFTERWORD
12. Small States' Diplomacy in the Age of Globalization: An Omani Persp[ective
by Badr bin Hamad Al Bu Said..........................................................P. 257