Arms control in the Middle East : cooperative security dialogue and regional constraints /
Landau, Emily B.
Brighton : Sussex Academic Press,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-244) and index.
Approaching cooperative security dialogue -- The structure and dynamics of cooperation -- Constructivism and security dialogue -- Strategic interaction and the seminar framework -- (Re)defining regional security -- Arms control as a process -- When theory meets ACRS -- Track II diplomacy -- Refining the arms control game -- The case study -- The Middle East arms control dialogue -- Seminar diplomacy : a review of the talks -- Initial conceptions of security -- Framing the security debate -- The process of arguing : effects of the seminar framework -- Dynamics of convergence and divergence -- CSBMS : the common language of arms control -- An altered security conception? -- The limited constitutive effect of seminar diplomacy on Egypt -- Arab nationalism and Egypt's leadership identity -- Arabism : ideology, interest, or norm? -- Egypt : hegemony and pan-Arabism -- Sadat's move for peace -- The 1990s : Arabism and Egypt's continued leadership interest -- Egypt's role in the arms control dialogue -- Egypt's agenda -- Framing the Arab security interest -- Securitization of the nuclear issue -- The challenge to Egypt's leadership role -- Bilateral dynamics within the multilateral framework -- Egypt's ambivalent approach -- The cultural dimension : recognition and respect -- Regional rivals, strategic dialogue partners -- Implications for the nature of the game.
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