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Zones of Conflict : US Foreign Policy in the Balkans and the Greater Middle East.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Pluto Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (201 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781849641838
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Zones of ConflictDDC classification:
  • 327.730496/09/049
LOC classification:
  • DS63.2.U5 -- F68 2003eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- The Realist Chessboard -- The Structure of the Book -- Globalisation and European Integration -- 2. The New Geo- politics of Gas and Oil -- The 1990s: Years of Pandemonium -- Conflicting Interests: Oil and Gas Projects in Eurasia -- End of the Cold War? -- 3. Scarface Politics -- NATO's New Strategic Concept -- Problems of Variable Geometry -- Political, Moral and Legal Conundrums: The Kosovo War -- US Successes -- Muslims, Christians and Foreign Policy -- The Limits of NATO -- 4. Near and Middle Eastern Dilemmas -- The Northern Tier and the Greek Turkish Dimension -- The Arab Israeli Conflict -- Conflict over Cyprus -- Towards Summer 1974 and After -- 5. Turkish Questions for the West -- A Democracy Guided by the Military and Used as Such -- The US and the Turkish Pivot -- Summing up the Realist Game -- 6. Eurasian Gambles over Cyprus EU Prospects -- EU Cyprus Relations and Germany s Primacy -- US Qualified Support to Germany and Greece -- Greek and Turkish Arguments -- Military Diplomacy by the Turkish Pivot -- 7. Conclusion -- US Policy in Eurasia: An Assessment -- A Trans- Eurasian Convention Underwritten by Eurasian Powers -- Re- conquering America -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Maps 1. Oil and gas pipelines -- 2. The Enlarged European Union -- Index -- Abdullah,King of Jordan 70 -- Abkhazia -- 22 -- 120 -- Acheson,Dean -- 76 -- 77 -- Aegean region -- 25 -- 63 -- 73 -- 74 -- 78 -- 79 -- 91 -- 95 -- 96 -- Afghanistan -- 6 -- 63 -- 88 -- 95 -- oil and gas pipeline 20 -- oil and gas pipeline 24 -- oil and gas pipeline 30-1 -- US bombing campaign 30 -- US bombing campaign 93 -- Agip -- 21 -- 23 -- Ahwaz oilfields 64 -- Akrotiri/Episkopi -- 93 -- 113 -- Al-Qaeda -- 26 -- 30 -- Albania -- 24 -- 29 -- 45 -- 55 -- Albanians -- 6 -- 42 -- 44 -- 45 -- 49 -- 54 -- 57.
Albright,Madeleine 39 -- Alexandroupolis 25 -- Altunisik,Meliha 87-8 -- Amman Economic Summit [1995] 102 -- Amoco 20 -- Anatolia -- 57 -- 87 -- 89 -- 111 -- Antalya 73 -- Anti-Ballistic Missile [ABM]Treaty -- 15 -- 27 -- Arab League 68 -- Arab nationalism -- 63 -- 68 -- 70 -- 76 -- 95 -- Arab-Israeli conflict -- 6 -- 19 -- 64 -- 67-70 -- 75 -- 77 -- 95 -- Aramco 24 -- Aras,B. 87 -- Ardahan 64 -- Armenia -- 21 -- 26 -- 57 -- 64 -- 87 -- 120 -- Aswan Dam 70 -- Atatürk,Kemal 57 -- Azerbaijan -- 20 -- 21 -- 26 -- 87 -- 88 -- 94 -- 120 -- Azeris -- 21 -- 87 -- Baku-Ceyhan pipeline project -- 25 -- 87-8 -- 92 -- 93 -- 111 -- 120 -- Balkan Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation 71 -- Balkans economic reconstruction of -- 50 -- 53 -- 61 -- 103 -- geo-strategic significance 19 -- geo-strategic significance 26 -- geo-strategic significance 50 -- geo-strategic significance 59 -- geo-strategic significance 71 -- Muslim question 54-8 -- Muslim question 86 -- oil and gas pipeline projects 5 -- oil and gas pipeline projects 19 -- oil and gas pipeline projects 20 -- oil and gas pipeline projects 24-5 -- oil and gas pipeline projects 29 -- re-division of 60 -- re-division of 82 -- re-division of 83 -- re-division of 95 -- re-division of 102 -- Ball,George -- 76 -- 77 -- Barkey,H.J. 106-7 -- Belarus -- 14 -- 39 -- Benjamin,Daniel 49 -- Bevin,Ernest 40 -- bin Laden,Osama 26 -- Black Sea -- 19-20 -- 21 -- 26 -- 50 -- 87 -- Bosnia -- 5 -- 14 -- 42 -- 49 -- 82 -- 83 -- independence 52 -- independence 55-6 -- Muslims 54 -- Bosnia-Herzegovina 56 -- Bourgas -- 24 -- 25 -- Brandt,Willy 50 -- Brezhnev,Leonid 46 -- Bridas 24 -- Brzezinski,Zbigniew -- 1-2 -- 58 -- 127 -- and Germany 4 -- and Germany 101 -- and Germany 102-3 -- and NATO expansion 35 -- and NATO expansion 53 -- and NATO expansion 62 -- and Turkey 4 -- and Turkey 91-2.
and US power 2 -- and US power 27-8 -- and US power 101 -- and US power 118 -- and US power 126 -- Bulgaria -- 24 -- 39 -- 54 -- 55 -- 105 -- Bush,G.H.W. -- Bush,G.H.W 51 -- Bush,G.H.W 52 -- Bush,G.W. 49 -- Caetano,Marcelo José das Neves Alves 40 -- Camp Bondsteel 24 -- Carter,Jimmy -- 2 -- 69 -- Caspian region -- 5 -- 86-7 -- 94 -- and Muslims 54 -- energy resources 19 -- energy resources 20 -- energy resources 21 -- energy resources 25 -- geo-strategic significance 22-3 -- geo-strategic significance 26 -- geo-strategic significance 94 -- Caucasus -- 19-20 -- 22 -- 26 -- 86 -- 94 -- 120 -- Cem,Ismail 112 -- Ceyhan-Samsun pipeline project 94 -- Chechnya/Chechens -- 21 -- 26 -- 54 -- 58 -- 87 -- 94 -- 120 -- Cheney,Dick 24-5 -- Chevron -- 20 -- 21 -- China encirclement of -- 95 -- 118 -- 121 -- and trans-Eurasian co-operation 53 -- and trans-Eurasian co-operation 124-5 -- and US bombing campaign in Kosovo 60 -- foreign policy 12 -- foreign policy 120-1 -- in post-Cold War setting 102 -- oil and gas 15 -- oil and gas 18 -- oil and gas 22-3 -- oil and gas 31 -- political competition 12 -- political competition 32 -- US relations with 54 -- US relations with 59 -- China National Petroleum Corp. 23 -- CIA 76 -- Ciller,Tansu 91 -- Clausewitz,Carl von 116 -- Clerides,Glafkos -- 105 -- 107 -- Clinton,Bill -- 45 -- 49 -- 62 -- 91 -- 117 -- coercive diplomacy 46 -- Cold War -- 4 -- 6 -- 59 -- 118 -- and Middle East 64 -- and Middle East 69 -- and Middle East 70 -- end of 11 -- end of 12 -- extension of 5 -- extension of 12 -- extension of 27-33 -- extension of 53 -- extension of 95 -- extension of 98 -- extension of 101-2 -- extension of 117 -- US victory 13 -- Commonwealth -- 103 -- 123 -- core partners -- 38 -- 52 -- 62 -- Coufoudakis,Van -- 74 -- 108 -- Cox,M. 31 -- Crawford,J. 110 -- Croatia -- 42 -- 49 -- 55.
Croats 44 -- Cuba,US embargo on 82 -- Cuban Missiles Crisis [1962] 5 -- Cyprus -- 6-7 -- 55 -- 57 -- air bases 93-4 -- Anatolian settlers 109 -- and EU membership 4 -- and EU membership 7 -- and EU membership 61 -- and EU membership 80 -- and EU membership 81 -- and EU membership 100-1 -- and EU membership 103-10 -- and EU membership 115 -- and EU membership 123 -- and Russian missiles 25 -- and Russian missiles 112 -- enosis 66 -- enosis 72 -- enosis 73 -- geo-strategic significance 99-100 -- geo-strategic significance 103 -- geo-strategic significance 111 -- Greek-Cypriot refugees from 107-8 -- Greek-Turkish conflict over 25 -- Greek-Turkish conflict over 63 -- Greek-Turkish conflict over 64 -- Greek-Turkish conflict over 65 -- Greek-Turkish conflict over 71-80 -- Greek-Turkish conflict over 94 -- Greek-Turkish conflict over 95 -- partition 4 -- partition 76 -- partition 77 -- partition 78 -- partition 108 -- partition 109 -- partition 110 -- political solution 107-8 -- political solution 109 -- political solution 112 -- structural adjustment 100 -- Turkish invasions 6 -- Turkish invasions 41 -- Turkish invasions 66 -- Turkish invasions 77-8 -- Turkish invasions 104 -- under-sea natural gas pipeline 103 -- Czech Republic -- 14 -- 39 -- 105 -- Czechoslovakia -- 40 -- 46 -- Dekhelia -- 93 -- 113 -- Delors,Jacques 14 -- Delta-Nimur 24 -- Denktash,Rauf R. -- Denktash,Rauf R 107 -- Denktash,Rauf R 110 -- Diyarbakir -- 57 -- 93 -- double standards -- 43 -- 47 -- 55 -- 60 -- 61 -- Durres 24 -- Eagleton,T. 116 -- Ecevit,Bulent -- 56-7 -- 77 -- 84 -- 85 -- economic -- 3 -- 10 -- and NATO 35 -- and NATO 51 -- and NATO 60 -- and NATO 81 -- and oil and gas 11-12 -- and oil and gas 15 -- and oil and gas 18 -- and oil and gas 22 -- and oil and gas 30 -- and oil and gas 119 -- and Russia 30.
and Russia 51 -- and Turkey 4 -- and Turkey 57 -- and Turkey 79-80 -- and Turkey 83-6 -- and Turkey 88 -- and Turkey 89-90 -- and Turkey 105-7 -- and Turkey 109-10 -- and Turkey 114 -- federalism 103 -- federalism 104 -- federalism 118-19 -- internal differences 82-3 -- internal differences 121 -- internal differences 122 -- political 10 -- political 33 -- political 50 -- political 82 -- political 118-19 -- political 122 -- political 128 -- rapid reaction force 60 -- rapid reaction force 94 -- relations with US 12 -- relations with US 81-2 -- relations with US 121 -- relations with US 126 -- sponsoring Muslim states 54 -- variable geometry 41 -- variable geometry 121 -- Economist Intelligence Unit 25 -- Egypt 69-70 -- Eisenhower doctrine 69 -- enemies,redefinition of -- 34 -- 38 -- 39 -- 44 -- 50 -- energy resources -- 5 -- 6 -- 11-12 -- Caspian region 19 -- Caspian region 20 -- Caspian region 21 -- Caspian region 25 -- international agreement 22 -- enlargement -- 6 -- 8 -- 13 -- 37 -- 102 -- 123 -- and former Communist countries 50 -- and former Communist countries 105 -- as independent political actor 3-4 -- as independent political actor 51 -- as independent political actor 61 -- as independent political actor 81 -- integration 9-10 -- integration 13 -- integration 14 -- integration 15 -- integration 41 -- map of 36 -- US attitude to 3 -- US attitude to 32-3 -- US attitude to 95 -- US attitude to 103-4 -- US attitude to 123 -- variable geometry 41 -- enosis -- 66 -- 72 -- 73 -- Erbakan,Necmettin -- 85 -- 114 -- Erim,Nihat 73 -- Estonia 105 -- ethical foreign policy -- 2 -- 117 -- ethnic cleansing -- 45 -- 47 -- 57 -- 109 -- Euro -- 3 -- 10 -- 14 -- 119 -- Euro-corps 50 -- Euro-Mediterranean Conference 102 -- Europe and national identities 127 -- European Economic Community -- 22 -- 79.
European Union acquis communautaire.
Summary: A radical interpretation of US policy in Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East.
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Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- The Realist Chessboard -- The Structure of the Book -- Globalisation and European Integration -- 2. The New Geo- politics of Gas and Oil -- The 1990s: Years of Pandemonium -- Conflicting Interests: Oil and Gas Projects in Eurasia -- End of the Cold War? -- 3. Scarface Politics -- NATO's New Strategic Concept -- Problems of Variable Geometry -- Political, Moral and Legal Conundrums: The Kosovo War -- US Successes -- Muslims, Christians and Foreign Policy -- The Limits of NATO -- 4. Near and Middle Eastern Dilemmas -- The Northern Tier and the Greek Turkish Dimension -- The Arab Israeli Conflict -- Conflict over Cyprus -- Towards Summer 1974 and After -- 5. Turkish Questions for the West -- A Democracy Guided by the Military and Used as Such -- The US and the Turkish Pivot -- Summing up the Realist Game -- 6. Eurasian Gambles over Cyprus EU Prospects -- EU Cyprus Relations and Germany s Primacy -- US Qualified Support to Germany and Greece -- Greek and Turkish Arguments -- Military Diplomacy by the Turkish Pivot -- 7. Conclusion -- US Policy in Eurasia: An Assessment -- A Trans- Eurasian Convention Underwritten by Eurasian Powers -- Re- conquering America -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Maps 1. Oil and gas pipelines -- 2. The Enlarged European Union -- Index -- Abdullah,King of Jordan 70 -- Abkhazia -- 22 -- 120 -- Acheson,Dean -- 76 -- 77 -- Aegean region -- 25 -- 63 -- 73 -- 74 -- 78 -- 79 -- 91 -- 95 -- 96 -- Afghanistan -- 6 -- 63 -- 88 -- 95 -- oil and gas pipeline 20 -- oil and gas pipeline 24 -- oil and gas pipeline 30-1 -- US bombing campaign 30 -- US bombing campaign 93 -- Agip -- 21 -- 23 -- Ahwaz oilfields 64 -- Akrotiri/Episkopi -- 93 -- 113 -- Al-Qaeda -- 26 -- 30 -- Albania -- 24 -- 29 -- 45 -- 55 -- Albanians -- 6 -- 42 -- 44 -- 45 -- 49 -- 54 -- 57.

Albright,Madeleine 39 -- Alexandroupolis 25 -- Altunisik,Meliha 87-8 -- Amman Economic Summit [1995] 102 -- Amoco 20 -- Anatolia -- 57 -- 87 -- 89 -- 111 -- Antalya 73 -- Anti-Ballistic Missile [ABM]Treaty -- 15 -- 27 -- Arab League 68 -- Arab nationalism -- 63 -- 68 -- 70 -- 76 -- 95 -- Arab-Israeli conflict -- 6 -- 19 -- 64 -- 67-70 -- 75 -- 77 -- 95 -- Aramco 24 -- Aras,B. 87 -- Ardahan 64 -- Armenia -- 21 -- 26 -- 57 -- 64 -- 87 -- 120 -- Aswan Dam 70 -- Atatürk,Kemal 57 -- Azerbaijan -- 20 -- 21 -- 26 -- 87 -- 88 -- 94 -- 120 -- Azeris -- 21 -- 87 -- Baku-Ceyhan pipeline project -- 25 -- 87-8 -- 92 -- 93 -- 111 -- 120 -- Balkan Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation 71 -- Balkans economic reconstruction of -- 50 -- 53 -- 61 -- 103 -- geo-strategic significance 19 -- geo-strategic significance 26 -- geo-strategic significance 50 -- geo-strategic significance 59 -- geo-strategic significance 71 -- Muslim question 54-8 -- Muslim question 86 -- oil and gas pipeline projects 5 -- oil and gas pipeline projects 19 -- oil and gas pipeline projects 20 -- oil and gas pipeline projects 24-5 -- oil and gas pipeline projects 29 -- re-division of 60 -- re-division of 82 -- re-division of 83 -- re-division of 95 -- re-division of 102 -- Ball,George -- 76 -- 77 -- Barkey,H.J. 106-7 -- Belarus -- 14 -- 39 -- Benjamin,Daniel 49 -- Bevin,Ernest 40 -- bin Laden,Osama 26 -- Black Sea -- 19-20 -- 21 -- 26 -- 50 -- 87 -- Bosnia -- 5 -- 14 -- 42 -- 49 -- 82 -- 83 -- independence 52 -- independence 55-6 -- Muslims 54 -- Bosnia-Herzegovina 56 -- Bourgas -- 24 -- 25 -- Brandt,Willy 50 -- Brezhnev,Leonid 46 -- Bridas 24 -- Brzezinski,Zbigniew -- 1-2 -- 58 -- 127 -- and Germany 4 -- and Germany 101 -- and Germany 102-3 -- and NATO expansion 35 -- and NATO expansion 53 -- and NATO expansion 62 -- and Turkey 4 -- and Turkey 91-2.

and US power 2 -- and US power 27-8 -- and US power 101 -- and US power 118 -- and US power 126 -- Bulgaria -- 24 -- 39 -- 54 -- 55 -- 105 -- Bush,G.H.W. -- Bush,G.H.W 51 -- Bush,G.H.W 52 -- Bush,G.W. 49 -- Caetano,Marcelo José das Neves Alves 40 -- Camp Bondsteel 24 -- Carter,Jimmy -- 2 -- 69 -- Caspian region -- 5 -- 86-7 -- 94 -- and Muslims 54 -- energy resources 19 -- energy resources 20 -- energy resources 21 -- energy resources 25 -- geo-strategic significance 22-3 -- geo-strategic significance 26 -- geo-strategic significance 94 -- Caucasus -- 19-20 -- 22 -- 26 -- 86 -- 94 -- 120 -- Cem,Ismail 112 -- Ceyhan-Samsun pipeline project 94 -- Chechnya/Chechens -- 21 -- 26 -- 54 -- 58 -- 87 -- 94 -- 120 -- Cheney,Dick 24-5 -- Chevron -- 20 -- 21 -- China encirclement of -- 95 -- 118 -- 121 -- and trans-Eurasian co-operation 53 -- and trans-Eurasian co-operation 124-5 -- and US bombing campaign in Kosovo 60 -- foreign policy 12 -- foreign policy 120-1 -- in post-Cold War setting 102 -- oil and gas 15 -- oil and gas 18 -- oil and gas 22-3 -- oil and gas 31 -- political competition 12 -- political competition 32 -- US relations with 54 -- US relations with 59 -- China National Petroleum Corp. 23 -- CIA 76 -- Ciller,Tansu 91 -- Clausewitz,Carl von 116 -- Clerides,Glafkos -- 105 -- 107 -- Clinton,Bill -- 45 -- 49 -- 62 -- 91 -- 117 -- coercive diplomacy 46 -- Cold War -- 4 -- 6 -- 59 -- 118 -- and Middle East 64 -- and Middle East 69 -- and Middle East 70 -- end of 11 -- end of 12 -- extension of 5 -- extension of 12 -- extension of 27-33 -- extension of 53 -- extension of 95 -- extension of 98 -- extension of 101-2 -- extension of 117 -- US victory 13 -- Commonwealth -- 103 -- 123 -- core partners -- 38 -- 52 -- 62 -- Coufoudakis,Van -- 74 -- 108 -- Cox,M. 31 -- Crawford,J. 110 -- Croatia -- 42 -- 49 -- 55.

Croats 44 -- Cuba,US embargo on 82 -- Cuban Missiles Crisis [1962] 5 -- Cyprus -- 6-7 -- 55 -- 57 -- air bases 93-4 -- Anatolian settlers 109 -- and EU membership 4 -- and EU membership 7 -- and EU membership 61 -- and EU membership 80 -- and EU membership 81 -- and EU membership 100-1 -- and EU membership 103-10 -- and EU membership 115 -- and EU membership 123 -- and Russian missiles 25 -- and Russian missiles 112 -- enosis 66 -- enosis 72 -- enosis 73 -- geo-strategic significance 99-100 -- geo-strategic significance 103 -- geo-strategic significance 111 -- Greek-Cypriot refugees from 107-8 -- Greek-Turkish conflict over 25 -- Greek-Turkish conflict over 63 -- Greek-Turkish conflict over 64 -- Greek-Turkish conflict over 65 -- Greek-Turkish conflict over 71-80 -- Greek-Turkish conflict over 94 -- Greek-Turkish conflict over 95 -- partition 4 -- partition 76 -- partition 77 -- partition 78 -- partition 108 -- partition 109 -- partition 110 -- political solution 107-8 -- political solution 109 -- political solution 112 -- structural adjustment 100 -- Turkish invasions 6 -- Turkish invasions 41 -- Turkish invasions 66 -- Turkish invasions 77-8 -- Turkish invasions 104 -- under-sea natural gas pipeline 103 -- Czech Republic -- 14 -- 39 -- 105 -- Czechoslovakia -- 40 -- 46 -- Dekhelia -- 93 -- 113 -- Delors,Jacques 14 -- Delta-Nimur 24 -- Denktash,Rauf R. -- Denktash,Rauf R 107 -- Denktash,Rauf R 110 -- Diyarbakir -- 57 -- 93 -- double standards -- 43 -- 47 -- 55 -- 60 -- 61 -- Durres 24 -- Eagleton,T. 116 -- Ecevit,Bulent -- 56-7 -- 77 -- 84 -- 85 -- economic -- 3 -- 10 -- and NATO 35 -- and NATO 51 -- and NATO 60 -- and NATO 81 -- and oil and gas 11-12 -- and oil and gas 15 -- and oil and gas 18 -- and oil and gas 22 -- and oil and gas 30 -- and oil and gas 119 -- and Russia 30.

and Russia 51 -- and Turkey 4 -- and Turkey 57 -- and Turkey 79-80 -- and Turkey 83-6 -- and Turkey 88 -- and Turkey 89-90 -- and Turkey 105-7 -- and Turkey 109-10 -- and Turkey 114 -- federalism 103 -- federalism 104 -- federalism 118-19 -- internal differences 82-3 -- internal differences 121 -- internal differences 122 -- political 10 -- political 33 -- political 50 -- political 82 -- political 118-19 -- political 122 -- political 128 -- rapid reaction force 60 -- rapid reaction force 94 -- relations with US 12 -- relations with US 81-2 -- relations with US 121 -- relations with US 126 -- sponsoring Muslim states 54 -- variable geometry 41 -- variable geometry 121 -- Economist Intelligence Unit 25 -- Egypt 69-70 -- Eisenhower doctrine 69 -- enemies,redefinition of -- 34 -- 38 -- 39 -- 44 -- 50 -- energy resources -- 5 -- 6 -- 11-12 -- Caspian region 19 -- Caspian region 20 -- Caspian region 21 -- Caspian region 25 -- international agreement 22 -- enlargement -- 6 -- 8 -- 13 -- 37 -- 102 -- 123 -- and former Communist countries 50 -- and former Communist countries 105 -- as independent political actor 3-4 -- as independent political actor 51 -- as independent political actor 61 -- as independent political actor 81 -- integration 9-10 -- integration 13 -- integration 14 -- integration 15 -- integration 41 -- map of 36 -- US attitude to 3 -- US attitude to 32-3 -- US attitude to 95 -- US attitude to 103-4 -- US attitude to 123 -- variable geometry 41 -- enosis -- 66 -- 72 -- 73 -- Erbakan,Necmettin -- 85 -- 114 -- Erim,Nihat 73 -- Estonia 105 -- ethical foreign policy -- 2 -- 117 -- ethnic cleansing -- 45 -- 47 -- 57 -- 109 -- Euro -- 3 -- 10 -- 14 -- 119 -- Euro-corps 50 -- Euro-Mediterranean Conference 102 -- Europe and national identities 127 -- European Economic Community -- 22 -- 79.

European Union acquis communautaire.

A radical interpretation of US policy in Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East.

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