- 160 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The establishment of a Palestinian state has long been a strategic objective of EU and Russian foreign policy in the Middle East. However, over a decade after the creation of the road-map, the establishment of an independent Palestinian state has still not been achieved.
Palestine in EU and Russian Foreign Policy uses the school of constructivism to provide a new understanding of EU and Russian foreign policy. It explores the failure of these global actors to speed up the process of establishing a Palestinian state, despite this being a strategic objective and top priority of their involvement in the Middle East peace process. The book then analyses the role of identity and self-other perception in the making of EU and Russian foreign policy towards the Middle East peace process. It is argued that Palestinian statehood provides a telling empirical example of how, and to what extent, the search for global actorness, as a matter of international identity, informs foreign policy-making by global actors. The book then proceeds to discuss why the EU and Russia are so eager to be involved in initiating a peace settlement.
Offering a new understanding of foreign policy-making by global players in Middle Eastern politics, this book will appeal to students, scholars and policymakers working in International Relations and European, Russian and Middle Eastern studies.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Definitions and abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Understanding Palestine: a historical context
- 2 The EU and Russia: identity-building and the search for global actorness
- 3 The Middle East in EU and Russian foreign policies: the importance and challenges
- 4 Peacemaking and actorness: promoting the EU’s and Russia’s role in the establishment of Palestinian statehood
- 5 Findings and constructivist reflection
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index