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Author Alagha, Malath

Title Palestine in EU and Russian Foreign Policy : Statehood and the Peace Process
Published Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (171 pages)
Series Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Democratization and Government
Routledge studies in Middle Eastern democratization and government.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Definitions and abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; 1 Understanding Palestine: a historical context; 2 The EU and Russia: identity-building and the search for global actorness; 3 The Middle East in EU and Russian foreign policies: the importance and challenges; 4 Peacemaking and actorness: promoting the EU's and Russia's role in the establishment of Palestinian statehood; 5 Findings and constructivist reflection; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary The establishment of a Palestinian state has long been a strategic objective of EU and Russian foreign policy in the Middle East. However, over a decade after the creation of the road-map, the establishment of an independent Palestinian state has still not been achieved. Palestine in EU and Russian Foreign Policy uses the school of constructivism to provide a new understanding of EU and Russian foreign policy. It explores the failure of these global actors to speed up the process of establishing a Palestinian state, despite this being a strategic objective and top priority of their involvement in the Middle East peace process. The book then analyses the role of identity and self-other perception in the making of EU and Russian foreign policy towards the Middle East peace process. It is argued that Palestinian statehood provides a telling empirical example of how, and to what extent, the search for global actorness, as a matter of international identity, informs foreign policy-making by global actors. The book then proceeds to discuss why the EU and Russia are so eager to be involved in initiating a peace settlement. Offering a new understanding of foreign policy-making by global players in Middle Eastern politics, this book will appeal to students, scholars and policymakers working in International Relations and European, Russian and Middle Eastern studies
Notes Print version record
Subject Palestinian Arabs -- Politics and government.
Diplomatic relations
Palestinian Arabs -- Politics and government
SUBJECT Palestine -- Foreign relations -- European Union countries
European Union countries -- Foreign relations -- Palestine
Palestine -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)
Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Palestine
Subject European Union countries
Middle East -- Palestine
Russia (Federation)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317236191
131723619X