“Dual Containment” Policy in the Persian Gulf [electronic resource] : The USA, Iran, and Iraq, 1991–2000 /
Edwards, A.author.
This book offers a concise account of US "dual containment" policy towards Iran and Iraq during the 1990s, an overlooked era between the tumult of the liberation of Kuwait and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In particular, it uses a theoretical framework derived from neoclassical realism to examine the impact of domestic US politics and interest groups on policymaking, as well as perceptions of threat derived from two decades of mutual hostility between the US and Iran.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction; The Significance of "Dual Containment"; Theoretical Neglect; A Gulf Policy for a New Era; Argument and Theoretical Framework; Methodology; Structure of Book; 2 US Foreign Policy in the Persian Gulf, 1945-91; American Interests in the Persian Gulf; US Proxies in the Gulf; The Twin Pillars Policy and Bilateral Relations with Gulf States; US-Saudi Relations; US-Iranian Relations; US-Iraqi Relations; Direct American Intervention after 1979; Conclusions; 3 The Balance of Power in the Persian Gulf, 1945-91
The Geopolitical Structure of the Persian GulfRegional Political Factors; The Postwar Littoral States; Saudi Arabia; Iran; Iraq; Tripolar Dynamics in the Persian Gulf since Second World War; Conclusions; 4 Dual Containment: Conception, Evolution, and Implementation; The Persian Gulf after 1991: The Birth of a New Policy?; Dual Containment and Iraq; Iraq and the US and UN Sanctions; Containment versus Regime Change; Was Iraq Successfully Contained?; Dual Containment and Iran; Iran and US Sanctions; US-Iranian Attempts at Reconciliation: 1997 Onward; Conclusions
5 A Triumphant America and a Villainous Iran: Perception as an Intervening VariablePerceptions of Power and Opportunity; Perceptions of Threat; The Hostage Crisis and Iran-Contra; Iran and Political Islam: The New Communism?; Accomodationists versus Confrontationalists; Rebels against the New World Order; Terrorism; The Role of Israel and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process; Rabin and Clinton; Enter Khatami and Netanyahu; The Peace Process; Conclusions; 6 Two Voices: Domestic Structure as an Intervening Variable; Domestic Structure as an Intervening Variable
Congressional and Executive Roles in Foreign PolicyThe Growth of Congressional Activism and Infl uence; Congressional Activism and Partisan Politics in the 1990s; Congress after the Cold War; Congressional Activism and Dual Containment; Conclusions; 7 "Mischiefs of Faction": Interest Groups as an Intervening Variable; Interest Groups, Foreign Policy, and Neoclassical Realism; The Pro-Israel Lobby: Infl uence, Not Power; Other Lobbies: Oil, Agricultural, and Ethnic; Arab and Iranian Americans; Business Lobbies; Lobbying: Legislative Outcomes; AIPAC versus Iran; Sanctions Challenged
Conclusions8 Conclusions and Intervening Variables Assessed; Dual Containment and the Persian Gulf; Dual Containment and US Politics; Intervening Variables Assessed; Implications for the Future of US-Iranian Ties; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book offers a concise account of US "dual containment" policy towards Iran and Iraq during the 1990s, an overlooked era between the tumult of the liberation of Kuwait and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In particular, it uses a theoretical framework derived from neoclassical realism to examine the impact of domestic US politics and interest groups on policymaking, as well as perceptions of threat derived from two decades of mutual hostility between the US and Iran.
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