Overview
- Discusses American foreign policy in the Eastern Mediterranean
- Identifies the synthesis between US political interest and political values in the region
- Incorporates historical perspectives to speculate on the future of US policy in the region
- Examines the changing role of America in the region under Barack Obama and Donald Trump
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This book examines US foreign policy in the Eastern Mediterranean and the region’s key role in the practice and evolution of American exceptionalism. The political developments in the Eastern Mediterranean during the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries, gave to the US opportunities to express, in the most explicit way, its anti-colonialism, the fervent support of open and democratic societies, and its willingness to openly confront tyranny and oppression whenever this was possible (or necessary) for American interests. Since that time, the region has been a testing ground for the core elements of American foreign policy deployed worldwide.
The monograph shows the contributions of the United States during critical moments in the region, such as the First Barbary War (1801-1805), the introduction of Truman Doctrine, Washington’s role in the Suez Crisis, the Greek junta and the Imia Crisis of 1996. It also scrutinizes the different levels of the economic, military and diplomatic challenges which China, Russia and Turkey present today, while it also covers the American approach to the Arab Spring. From a ‘Shining City on a Hill’ to the current ‘Make America Great Again’ mottoes, this critique follows American Foreign Policy in the Eastern Mediterranean and the strong bonds that the nation established with the geostrategic, political and ideological features of the region. The pace of recent events, and the increasing complexity of this global corner, prove a challenge to America today; the future and clarion call that hard work and the finest ingenuity are necessary to keep its regional hegemony, and its course toward increased prosperity. This work’s goal is to inspire the conversations by academics, diplomats, leaders (both political and military) and most of all businessmen, to this end.
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Book Title: US Foreign Policy in the Eastern Mediterranean
Book Subtitle: Power Politics and Ideology Under the Sun
Authors: Spyridon N. Litsas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36895-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36894-4Published: 07 February 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36897-5Published: 07 February 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-36895-1Published: 06 February 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 221
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Communication, European Politics, Political History