The foreign policies of Arab states : the challenge of globalization / edited by Bahgat Korany and Ali E. Hillal Dessouki ; contributors, Karen Abul Kheir [and others].

An AUC Forum for International Affairs edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Foreign policies of Arab states / Bahgat Korany and Ali E. Hillal Dessouki -- Foreign policy analysis in the global era and the world of the Arabs / Bahgat Korany and Ali E. Hillal Dessouki -- Foreign policy approaches and Arab countries : a critical evaluation and an alternative framework / Bahgat Korany and Ali E. Hillal Dessouki -- Globalization and Arab foreign policies : constraints or marginalization? / Ali E. Hillal Dessouki and Bahgat Korany -- From Arab system to Middle Eastern system? : regional pressures and constraints / Paul Noble -- Regional leadership : balancing off costs and dividends in the foreign policy of Egypt / Ali E. Hillal Dessouki -- Foreign policy under occupation : does Iraq need a foreign policy? / Mohamed Soffar -- Foreign policy as a strategic national asset : the case of Jordan / Ali E. Hillal Dessouki and Karen Abul Kheir -- The art of the impossible : the foreign policy of Lebanon / Bassel F. Salloukh -- The Far West and Near East : the foreign policy of Morocco / Jennifer Rosenblum and William Zartman -- Irreconcilable role-partners? : Saudi foreign policy between the Ulama and the US / Bahgat Korany and Moataz A. Fattah -- From fragmentation to fragmentation? : Sudan's foreign policy / Ann M. Lesch -- The challenge of restructuring : Syrian foreign policy / Hazem Kandil -- Politics of constructive engagement : the foreign policy of the United Arab Emirates / Abdul-Monem al-Mashat -- Conclusion : Foreign policy, globalization and the Arab dilemma of change / Bahgat Korany and Ali E. Hillal Dessouki.

The first edition of this book was praised as "a milestone for present and future research on Arab and Third World foreign policies" (American Political Science Review), and "an indispensable aid for those studying or teaching the foreign policies of the contemporary Middle East" (International Journal of Middle East Studies). It has become a standard textbook in Middle East studies curricula all over the world. This third edition, now in paperback, with new material reflecting the earth-shaking events at the end of the Cold War and the continuation of violence and terrorism, examines foreign.