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  • Crescent of Crisis: U.S.-European Strategy for the Greater Middle East
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  • edited by Ivo H. Daalder, Nicole Gnesotto, and Philip H. Gordon
  • 2006
  • Published by: Brookings Institution Press
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The greater Middle East region is beset by a crescent of crises, stretching from Pakistan through Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Together, these five crises pose the most pressing security challenges faced by the United States and its European allies—ranging from terrorism and weapons proliferation to the rise of fundamentalism and the lack of democracy. Until now, Europe and the United States have approached these issues (indeed, the Middle East as a whole) in differing ways, with little effective coordination of policy. In fact, how best to deal with the greater Middle East has emerged as one of the most contentious issues in U.S.-European relations. The need for a common approach to the region is more evident than ever. This book brings together some of Europe and America's leading scholars and practitioners in an effort to develop a common approach to resolving the five major crises in the region. European and American authors provide succinct and fact-filled overviews of the different crises, describe U.S. and European perspectives on the way forward, and suggest ways in which the United States and Europe can better cooperate. In the conclusion, the editors synthesize the different suggestions into a roadmap for U.S.-European cooperation for addressing the challenges of the Greater Middle East in the years ahead. Contributors include Stephen Cohen (Brookings Institution), James Dobbins (RAND), Toby Dodge (University of London), Martin Indyk (Saban Center at Brookings), Kenneth Pollack (Saban Center at Brookings), Jean-Luc Racine (Center for the Study of India and South Asia), Barnett Rubin (New York University), Yezid Sayigh (University of Cambridge), and Bruno Tertrais (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique).

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. America, Europe, and the Crescent of Crisis
  2. pp. 1-4
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  1. IRAN
  1. A Common Approach to Iran
  2. pp. 7-24
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  1. The Iranian Nuclear Crisis
  2. pp. 25-40
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  1. ISRAEL-PALESTINE
  1. U.S. Strategy for Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  2. pp. 43-54
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  1. Putting the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process Back on Track
  2. pp. 55-74
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  1. SYRIA AND LEBANON
  1. Different Roads to Damascus
  2. pp. 77-93
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  1. Promoting Democracy and Human Rights in Lebanon and Syria
  2. pp. 94-110
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  1. IRAQ
  1. Iraq: From Democratization to Governance
  2. pp. 113-122
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  1. Trying to Reconstitute the Iraqi State: A European Perspective
  2. pp. 123-142
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  1. AFGHANISTAN
  1. Proposals for Improved Stability in Afghanistan
  2. pp. 145-162
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  1. Afghanistan: Elements of a Transatlantic Nation-Building Strategy
  2. pp. 163-182
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  1. PAKISTAN
  1. Pakistan and the Crescent of Crisis
  2. pp. 185-197
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  1. The Case of Pakistan: A Strategy for Europe
  2. pp. 198-218
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  1. A Common U.S.-European Strategy on the Crescent of Crisis
  2. pp. 219-242
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 243-246
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 247-263
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