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Covering the last days of the reign of the Shah to the revolution under the Ayatollah Khomeini, this book presents an examination of US policy towards Iran in the final years of the Carter administration within the historical framework of US-Iranian Relations. It explores the nature of the antagonistic relations between the two countries.

This text examines the early history of the 'special relationship' between the USA and Britain, when Britain's role as a leading global power was beginning to be rivalled by the USA.

Provides a study of post-Cold War US nuclear weapons policy. This book is based on research on many key players, and sheds important light on US foreign policy.

This work examines how Iran influenced efforts to reorder the Gulf's political landscape. It argues that a better understanding of the new Gulf order can be achieved by emphasizing local concerns and the degree to which regional powers influenced the policy of external powers in those times.

Provides a comprehensive analysis both of the world's dependency on Middle Eastern oil, and of the very dangerous way politics and economics play themselves out in the oil game - as producers and consumers tug at each others' interests.

Argues that France's opposition to the Iraq war in 2003 was consistent with a decades-long reorientation of French foreign policy. This book dissects the processes by which a country notorious for its suppression of Algerian independence came to cast itself as the anti-imperialist champion of the Arab world.

Explores US foreign policy under Eisenhower and Kennedy, illuminating the struggles of two American administrations to deal with social, economic, and political change in an area divided by regional and Cold War rivalries. This book offers a revisionist contribution to our understanding of the Cold War and the Middle East.

Presents debates on the uneasy and potentially mutually destructive relationship between the Muslim world and the West and argues that we are on a dangerous trajectory, strengthening dichotomous notions of the divide between the West and the Muslim world.

Since the end of the Cold War, United Nations peace operations have become an established and prominent feature of world politics. This book uncovers the political and socio-economic import of such 'peace' activities for subject societies, and raises important questions about the functioning and dynamics of the global political order.

Ouside Europe nationalism has continued to enjoy a heyday throughout the 20th century, this study lays bare the counter-forces unleashed by the project of nationalist modernisation and the stimulation of identity politics and explores how the policies have strengthened the movements for opting out.

This book assesses the dynamics of interregional relations, and attempts to weigh up the risks and opportunities of the post-Cold war era. Including contributions from leading specialists on the region, this book will be of interest to students of international relations and political economy, and to the business community.

Reveals the main factors influencing Iranian and Turkish foreign policies since 1979