Obama&#039;s New Beginning in the Middle East

Dr. Nils Elias Lukacs

doi:10.5771/9783956509681

Summary

In June 2009, US president Barack Obama travelled to Cairo to seek a ‘new beginning’ in the Middle East. Beyond people’s hopes and disappointments, Nils E. Lukacs takes the Obama’s historical idea under the magnifying glass. Asking what was ‘new’, what was ‘old’, and how the ‘new beginning’ fit into its contemporary discursive context, the book demonstrates how the president’s idea introduced a paradigm shift in the history of the US-Middle Eastern relationship. In a historical perspective the author focuses the Middle East and on the region’s global interactions. He has worked extensively on the region’s relationship with the United States and the latter’s foreign policy in the region.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-3-95650-967-4
ISBN-Online: 978-3-95650-968-1
Publisher: Ergon, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 252
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages I - XVI
1. ‘A New Beginning’ No access
2. Raising Questions No access
3. Research Design No access
1. I.1. Introduction No access
2. 1. I.2.1. Rhetorical Dichotomy I: War/Violence and Peace/Security No access
  2. I.2.2. Rhetorical Dichotomy II: Rights and Responsibilities No access
  3. I.2.3. Rhetorical Synthesis: Equal Approach No access
3. 1. I.3.1. Grand Narrative I: The Holy Land and the Ancient Origins of the Conflict No access
  2. I.3.2. Grand Narrative II: The Modern History of the Conflict No access
  3. I.3.3. Grand Narrative III: The History of the Solution No access
4. 1. I.4.1. Discursive Cluster I: A Presidential Break to Start the Peace Process No access
  2. I.4.2. Discursive Cluster II: Pacifism as Pursuit of Peace No access
  3. I.4.3. Discursive Cluster III: Between Reality and Ideals – Can’t Force Peace No access
5. I.5. Evaluation of Chapter I No access
1. II.1. Introduction No access
2. 1. II.2.1. Setting the Rhetorical Stage I: Mutual Interests and Respect No access
  2. II.2.2. Setting the Rhetorical Stage II: Rights and Responsibilities No access
  3. II.2.3. Rhetorical Choices: Past Antagonism vs. Moving On No access
3. 1. II.3.1. Grand Narrative I: The Great Iranian Civilisation No access
  2. II.3.2. Grand Narrative II: US-Iranian Antagonism No access
  3. II.3.3. Grand Narrative III: Iran as Rouge Player of the 21st Century No access
4. 1. II.4.1. Discursive Cluster I: A Presidential Break to Unfreeze Relations No access
  2. II.4.2. Discursive Cluster II: Pacifism as Avoiding War No access
  3. II.4.3. Discursive Cluster III: Between Reality and Ideals – Negotiating with the Enemy No access
5. II.5. Evaluation of Chapter II No access
1. Summary No access
2. Answering Questions No access
3. Back to Cairo No access
Acknowledgements No access Pages 209 - 210
Primary Sources No access Pages 211 - 224
Secondary Literature No access Pages 225 - 238
Appendix No access Pages 239 - 244
Index No access Pages 245 - 250
About the Author No access Pages 251 - 252