Book contents
- Israeli Foreign Policy since the End of the Cold War
- Cambridge Middle East Studies
- Israeli Foreign Policy since the End of the Cold War
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 Entrenchment
- 2 Redirection
- 3 On the Brink of Peace?
- 4 Engagement Incomplete
- 5 Engagement under Assault
- 6 The Dividends of Engagement
- 7 Unpicking the Oslo Accords
- 8 Backtracking
- 9 Just Beyond Reach
- 10 Between Engagement and Unilateralism
- 11 In Search of a Foreign Policy Paradigm
- 12 A Perfect Storm
- 13 The Road Map for Regime Change
- 14 The Resurgence of Unilateralism
- 15 Events Dear Boy, Events
- 16 The End of the Road
- 17 Vulnerable Ties
- Epilogue: Israel’s Wondrous Decade?
- Appendix List of Persons Interviewed
- References
- Index
- Books in the Series
12 - A Perfect Storm
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2020
- Israeli Foreign Policy since the End of the Cold War
- Cambridge Middle East Studies
- Israeli Foreign Policy since the End of the Cold War
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 Entrenchment
- 2 Redirection
- 3 On the Brink of Peace?
- 4 Engagement Incomplete
- 5 Engagement under Assault
- 6 The Dividends of Engagement
- 7 Unpicking the Oslo Accords
- 8 Backtracking
- 9 Just Beyond Reach
- 10 Between Engagement and Unilateralism
- 11 In Search of a Foreign Policy Paradigm
- 12 A Perfect Storm
- 13 The Road Map for Regime Change
- 14 The Resurgence of Unilateralism
- 15 Events Dear Boy, Events
- 16 The End of the Road
- 17 Vulnerable Ties
- Epilogue: Israel’s Wondrous Decade?
- Appendix List of Persons Interviewed
- References
- Index
- Books in the Series
Summary
Chapter 12 evaluates Israeli foreign policy amid the 9/11 attacks and the ensuing US-led global war on terror. The chapter contributes to the literature by demonstrating how, amid the global war on terror, Israel pursued a foreign policy that amounted to a frontal attack on engagement, which reflected the collapse of the domestic support in Israel for this foreign policy stance. Accordingly, the Sharon government offered virtually no response to the Arab peace initiative, which was launched by the Arab League in March 2002.The chapter ends by unearthing how the global war on terror engendered a shift in the role, played hitherto by the USA, in the Arab-Israeli conflict. US foreign policy would no longer hinge on mediation. Instead, it would be based on the principles guiding its global war on terror, namely, transformative diplomacy, regime change, and democratization.
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- Israeli Foreign Policy since the End of the Cold War , pp. 262 - 282Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020