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Diplomacy of Quasi-Alliances in the Middle East : Translated from the Chinese / by Jinan Wang, with a Foreword by Tim Niblock.

Sun, Degang, 1977- (author.). Zhang, Dandan. (Added Author).

Summary:

Quasi-alliance refers to the ideation, mechanism and behavior of policy-makers to carry out security cooperation through informal political and security arrangements. As a ""gray zone"" between alliance and neutrality, quasi-alliance is a hidden national security statecraft. Based on declassified archives and secondary sources, this book probes the theory and practice of quasi-alliances in the Middle East. Four cases are chosen to test the hypotheses of quasi-alliance: Anglo-French-Israeli quasi-alliance during the Suez Canal War of 1956; US-Saudi quasi-alliance during the Johnson administrati

Record details

ISBN: 9783959940733
ISBN: 3959940734
Physical Description: 1 online resource (339 pages)
Publisher: Berlin : Gerlach Press, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:	English
Formatted Contents Note:	Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. Research Questions and Literature Review -- II. Theoretical Hypotheses and Research Methodology -- III. Academic and Policy Implications -- IV. Research Findings -- 1 Quasi-Alliance: A Hidden Research Agenda of Contemporary Diplomatic Strategy -- What is Quasi-Alliance? -- Types of Quasi-Alliance -- Characteristics of Quasi-Alliance -- Functions of Quasi-Alliance -- Summary -- 2 System, State and Policy-Making Levels: Quasi-Alliance Formation -- The System Level -- The State Level The Decision-Making Level -- A Process of Trade-Off -- Summary -- 3 Between Competition and Cooperation: Quasi-Alliance Management -- Three-Level Games -- Four Means of Management -- Two Types of Models -- Summary -- 4 Between Assets and Liabilities: Quasi-Alliance Efficacy -- Divergence of Quasi-Alliance Efficacy -- The Objective Factors -- The Subjective Factors -- Summary -- 5 From Coalition to Self-Reliance: Quasi-Alliance Termination -- The System Level -- The State Level -- Decision-Making Level -- Summary 6 A "Meteor" Moment: Anglo-French-Israeli Quasi-Alliance During the Suez Canal War of 1956 -- The Background of Anglo-French-Israeli Cooperation -- Dynamics of the Anglo-French-Israeli Quasi-Alliance Formation -- Management of the Anglo-French-Israeli Quasi-Alliance -- The Management Methods of the Anglo-French-Israeli Quasi-Alliance -- The Management Models of the Trilateral Quasi-Alliance -- The Efficacy of the Anglo-French-Israeli Quasi-Alliance -- The Termination of the Anglo-French-Israeli Quasi-Alliance -- Summary 7 A Gulf Bridgehead: US-Saudi Quasi-Alliance During the Johnson Administration -- The Formation of the US-Saudi Quasi-Alliance -- The Management of the US-Saudi Quasi-Alliance -- The Efficacy of the US-Saudi Quasi-Alliance -- The Vitality of the US-Saudi Quasi-Alliance -- Summary -- 8 A Fortress in the Sand: Soviet-Egypt Quasi-Alliance During the Sadat Administration -- The Formation of the Soviet-Egyptian Quasi-Alliance -- The Management of the Soviet-Egyptian Quasi-Alliance -- The Efficacy of the Soviet-Egyptian Quasi-Alliance -- The Termination of the Soviet-Egyptian Quasi-Alliance -- Summary
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed May 22, 2020). Print version record.