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Title: Diplomacy in the Middle East: Arab Allies Their Own Agendas (Carnegie ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE PRESENTS ...)
Author : Harvard International Review
Release Date : January 22, 2008
Genre: Business & Personal Finance,Books,
Pages : * pages
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During Cold War, countries of the Middle Eat, like most around the world, were divided into allies of the United States and allies of the Soviet union US allies sought Washington's security protection and in general followed its lead except in policy toward Israel--n that topic, even the most staunchly pro-US countries diverged sharply from Washington. Countries aligns with the Soviet Union followed Moscow's lead and were hostile to both the United States and Israel. Today the alignment of the Middle East is quite different, but in the way the United States envisaged after the disappearence the Soviet Union The number of Arab governments truly antagonistic to the United States dwindle o almost none once Saddam Hssen was removed from power in early 2003 and Libya's Muammmar Qaddafi rernounced the pursuit of nuclear weapons and turned to the West later that year Even Syria and the Sudan would like to establish better ties to the United States However, regimes that have long been friendly to the United States are increasingly reluctant to follow Washington's lead on any issue They are not enemies of the United States but they are not faithful allies, either Rather, they follow the policies they believe best protect their interests, regardless of what the United States wants.