Description:
This book examines Western foreign policy towards the Middle East, and the extent to which the promotion of democracy has been in conflict with, or supported by, other goals (geo-strategic, economic, and cultural) in the policies of the major actors towards the Middle East. However, the various contributions also highlight the very significant amount of problems and challenges remaining for the Middle East, and, as a result, for Western engagement. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs.