Israel&#039;s European policy after the Cold War

Dr. Stefan Ahlswede

doi:10.5771/9783845219189

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Copyright year: 2009
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-4817-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-1918-9
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Düsseldorfer Schriften zu Internationaler Politik und Völkerrecht
Volume: 6
Language: German
Pages: 331
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 10 Stefan Ahlswede
Abbreviations No access Pages 11 - 12 Stefan Ahlswede
1. Scientific interest No access Pages 13 - 15 Stefan Ahlswede
2. State of research No access Pages 15 - 16 Stefan Ahlswede
3. The case studies No access Pages 16 - 18 Stefan Ahlswede
4. 1. What we need: form follows function No access Pages 18 - 21 Stefan Ahlswede
  2. The research design: structured empiricism No access Pages 21 - 26 Stefan Ahlswede
  3. The data basis No access Pages 26 - 27 Stefan Ahlswede
5. General outline No access Pages 27 - 28 Stefan Ahlswede
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    1. Global system No access Stefan Ahlswede
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      1. The Middle Eastern regional system No access Stefan Ahlswede
      2. The greater EU system No access Stefan Ahlswede
      3. The Euro-Mediterranean and Mediterranean systems No access Stefan Ahlswede
      4. The EU No access Stefan Ahlswede
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      1. Relations with EU member states No access Stefan Ahlswede
      2. Relations with Israel’s neighbours No access Stefan Ahlswede
      3. Relations with other states No access Stefan Ahlswede
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      1. Relations with the United States No access Stefan Ahlswede
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        EC/EU Middle East policy No access Stefan Ahlswede
        EU Mediterranean policy No access Stefan Ahlswede
      3. Israeli-Palestinian relations No access Stefan Ahlswede
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    1. Military capability No access Stefan Ahlswede
    2. Economic capability No access Stefan Ahlswede
    3. Political structure No access Stefan Ahlswede
    4. Competing elites No access Stefan Ahlswede
    5. Interest groups No access Stefan Ahlswede
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    1. Israel’s European trauma No access Stefan Ahlswede
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    1. Being special No access Stefan Ahlswede
    2. Israel’s reaction to being special No access Stefan Ahlswede
    3. The rebellious victim No access Stefan Ahlswede
3. 1. Primacy of security No access Pages 57 - 57 Stefan Ahlswede
  2. Victims nevermore No access Stefan Ahlswede
  3. Resistance to sanctions/limited compliance No access Pages 58 - 58 Stefan Ahlswede
1. 1. Motivation of the European Parliament No access Pages 59 - 65 Stefan Ahlswede
  2. Background of Israel’s position No access Pages 65 - 66 Stefan Ahlswede
  3. Background of Israel’s counterproductive behaviour No access Pages 66 - 70 Stefan Ahlswede
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    1. Genscher No access Stefan Ahlswede
    2. Rhetoric No access Stefan Ahlswede
    3. Threats No access Stefan Ahlswede
    4. Lobbyism in Brussels No access Stefan Ahlswede
    5. Hibernation No access Stefan Ahlswede
    6. Embassy to the EC No access Stefan Ahlswede
  5. The actors No access Pages 75 - 76 Stefan Ahlswede
  6. Conclusion No access Pages 76 - 77 Stefan Ahlswede
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    1. US role No access Stefan Ahlswede
    2. Aid for the region No access Stefan Ahlswede
    3. Tame the EC, have France controlled No access Stefan Ahlswede
    4. Role of the Kuwait crisis No access Stefan Ahlswede
    5. Keep EC amused, safeguard the upgrading of relations No access Stefan Ahlswede
  2. Levy’s perception of what was agreed upon with the EC in June No access Pages 85 - 87 Stefan Ahlswede
  3. The actors No access Pages 87 - 88 Stefan Ahlswede
  4. Conclusion No access Pages 88 - 89 Stefan Ahlswede
3. 1. Israel’s motivation to agree No access Pages 89 - 97 Stefan Ahlswede
  2. The actors No access Pages 97 - 98 Stefan Ahlswede
4. The EU’s special envoy to the Middle East No access Pages 98 - 104 Stefan Ahlswede
5. 1. Nature and aims of the EMP No access Pages 104 - 106 Stefan Ahlswede
  2. An assessment after ten years No access Pages 106 - 108 Stefan Ahlswede
  3. Israel’s perspective No access Pages 108 - 113 Stefan Ahlswede
6. A third leg – Counterbalance a possible decrease of American commitment No access Pages 113 - 119 Stefan Ahlswede
7. 1. The ministerial officials No access Pages 119 - 121 Stefan Ahlswede
  2. The politicians No access Pages 121 - 123 Stefan Ahlswede
  3. Administrative units No access Pages 123 - 124 Stefan Ahlswede
  4. Private interest groups No access Pages 124 - 124 Stefan Ahlswede
1. The 1975 Free Trade and Cooperation Agreement No access Pages 125 - 127 Stefan Ahlswede
2. 1. The causes and implications of the trade deficit with the EC No access Pages 127 - 130 Stefan Ahlswede
  2. The dynamics of further European integration No access Pages 130 - 132 Stefan Ahlswede
3. The history of scientific cooperation with the EC No access Pages 132 - 134 Stefan Ahlswede
4. 1. Excursion: the EC agrees to negotiations – a success of Israeli policy? No access Pages 134 - 144 Stefan Ahlswede
  2. Exploratory talks No access Pages 144 - 146 Stefan Ahlswede
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    1. Excursion: implications of EEA status No access Stefan Ahlswede
    2. EFTA or EEA status? No access Stefan Ahlswede
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    1. Peace dividend No access Stefan Ahlswede
    2. More favourable rules of origin No access Stefan Ahlswede
    3. Access to the EU’s public procurement markets No access Stefan Ahlswede
    4. Mutual recognition of diplomas and standards No access Stefan Ahlswede
    5. Harmonisation in financial services No access Stefan Ahlswede
    6. Better access for agricultural products No access Stefan Ahlswede
    7. Admission to the EU’s Fourth Framework Programme for Research and Development No access Stefan Ahlswede
    8. Political dialogue No access Stefan Ahlswede
    9. Boost European investments No access Stefan Ahlswede
6. 1. The dispute on rules of origin No access Pages 160 - 164 Stefan Ahlswede
  2. The dispute on public procurement No access Pages 164 - 166 Stefan Ahlswede
  3. The dispute on agricultural products No access Pages 166 - 167 Stefan Ahlswede
  4. The dispute on financial services No access Pages 167 - 170 Stefan Ahlswede
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    1. Further vision: EEA status No access Stefan Ahlswede
  6. The dispute on the EU’s R&D programme No access Pages 174 - 179 Stefan Ahlswede
  7. Sign or keep negotiating? No access Pages 179 - 186 Stefan Ahlswede
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    1. The deficit argument No access Stefan Ahlswede
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      1. Compensate No access Stefan Ahlswede
      2. Inversion No access Stefan Ahlswede
      3. A policy change? No access Stefan Ahlswede
    3. The moral argument No access Stefan Ahlswede
  2. Sanctions, threats and retaliation No access Pages 193 - 195 Stefan Ahlswede
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    1. Marketing tour of Rabin and Peres No access Stefan Ahlswede
    2. The German channel No access Stefan Ahlswede
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      1. Israel’s motivation No access Stefan Ahlswede
      2. History of the declaration No access Stefan Ahlswede
      3. Criticism of the Essen Declaration No access Stefan Ahlswede
      4. Nothing has become of the declaration No access Stefan Ahlswede
    4. The name of the agreement No access Stefan Ahlswede
8. 1. The ministerial officials No access Pages 202 - 205 Stefan Ahlswede
  2. The Inter-Ministerial Director Generals’ Committee for Economic International Affairs No access Pages 205 - 207 Stefan Ahlswede
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      1. Peres’ inter-ministerial panel No access Stefan Ahlswede
      2. The Prime Minister No access Stefan Ahlswede
    2. Politicians in implementation No access Stefan Ahlswede
  4. A special case: Avi Primor No access Pages 211 - 212 Stefan Ahlswede
  5. The role of private interest groups No access Pages 212 - 215 Stefan Ahlswede
9. 1. Has Israel achieved its aims? No access Pages 215 - 218 Stefan Ahlswede
  2. Why has Israel been successful? No access Pages 218 - 220 Stefan Ahlswede
  3. Conflicting visions No access Pages 220 - 221 Stefan Ahlswede
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    1. Ill-preparedness No access Stefan Ahlswede
    2. Structural coordination deficit No access Stefan Ahlswede
    3. Peres’ and the Foreign Ministry’s weakness No access Stefan Ahlswede
    4. Israel’s clout No access Stefan Ahlswede
1. 1. Self-conception of Israel vis-à-vis Europe No access Pages 226 - 228 Stefan Ahlswede
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    1. Readiness to explain EU behaviour with anti-Semitism No access Stefan Ahlswede
  3. Misperceptions and policy failure No access Pages 231 - 232 Stefan Ahlswede
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    1. The role of the Foreign Minister No access Stefan Ahlswede
    2. The role of the Prime Minister No access Stefan Ahlswede
    3. The role of further cabinet members No access Stefan Ahlswede
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    1. The Professionals No access Stefan Ahlswede
  3. Bureaucratic units No access Pages 237 - 237 Stefan Ahlswede
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    1. Role of the Knesset No access Stefan Ahlswede
    2. Interest groups No access Stefan Ahlswede
    3. Competing elites No access Stefan Ahlswede
  5. Structures and processes No access Pages 239 - 239 Stefan Ahlswede
3. 1. Preventing an EU political role No access Pages 239 - 243 Stefan Ahlswede
  2. The EU as the facilitator of peace No access Pages 243 - 247 Stefan Ahlswede
  3. Use the EU’s good services No access Pages 247 - 250 Stefan Ahlswede
  4. EEA status No access Pages 250 - 251 Stefan Ahlswede
  5. Recognition of Europeanness No access Pages 251 - 251 Stefan Ahlswede
  6. Has Israel achieved its aims? No access Pages 251 - 253 Stefan Ahlswede
4. The role of the US No access Pages 253 - 254 Stefan Ahlswede
5. 1. The German channel No access Pages 254 - 255 Stefan Ahlswede
  2. Portray behaviour as if caused by EU attitude: the issue of the deportees No access Pages 255 - 257 Stefan Ahlswede
  3. Virtual implementation No access Pages 257 - 258 Stefan Ahlswede
  4. Hibernation No access Pages 258 - 259 Stefan Ahlswede
  5. Token role of the EU No access Pages 259 - 261 Stefan Ahlswede
  6. Bounded slippage and emergencism No access Pages 261 - 262 Stefan Ahlswede
  7. Politics and economics shall not be linked? No access Pages 262 - 262 Stefan Ahlswede
1. Has Israel’s European Policy changed? No access Pages 263 - 267 Stefan Ahlswede
2. 1. Conflicting aims: contain Europe or embrace Europe? No access Pages 267 - 268 Stefan Ahlswede
  2. Incompatible visions: European or Middle Eastern? No access Pages 268 - 270 Stefan Ahlswede
  3. Incompatible notions: European or special? No access Pages 270 - 272 Stefan Ahlswede
  4. Incompatible perspectives on appropriate foreign behaviour No access Pages 272 - 274 Stefan Ahlswede
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    1. Full EU membership No access Stefan Ahlswede
  2. The future of the EU’s contribution No access Pages 278 - 280 Stefan Ahlswede
4. Usefulness of our model No access Pages 280 - 280 Stefan Ahlswede
Persons interviewed No access Pages 281 - 284 Stefan Ahlswede
Reference List No access Pages 285 - 322 Stefan Ahlswede
Index No access Pages 323 - 331 Stefan Ahlswede