The Road Ahead: Middle East Policy in the Bush Administration's Second Term (Saban Centre Report S.) [Paperback]

Flynt Leverett (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0815752059 | ISBN-13: 978-0815752059 | Publication Date: May 30, 2005

The “war on terror” and the battle in Iraq provided the framework for George W. Bush’s first term in office. As he embarked on a second term, the president reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to a transformative Middle East agenda that now includes the challenges of promoting democracy, non-proliferation, and Israeli-Palestinian peace. The Saban Center at the Brookings Institution commissioned a group of its experts to critique the Bush administration’s first-term performance and present alternative approaches for its second term. The Road Ahead covers the full set of challenges confronting President Bush in his second term: from fighting Binladenism to promoting Arab reform; from achieving Middle East peace to saving Iraq; and from tackling Iran to engaging Syria and Saudi Arabia. The contributors argue that the Bush administration will need to develop an integrated Middle East strategy that improves the prospects for achieving a priority identified during the 2004 presidential campaign: strengthening alliances and utilizing them to ease the burden on American leadership. The Road Ahead provides the necessary elements for a genuinely integrated strategic framework that will help decisionmakers manage both the changes and the continuities in America’s post-9/11 Middle East policy. Contributors: Martin Indyk, Flynt Leverett, Kenneth Pollack, James Steinberg, Shibley Telhami, and Tamara Cofman Wittes, all connected with the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution. A Saban Center Report

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Rarely does one find such clarity and focused reasoning as that displayed throughout this collection of policy papers." —John W. Sutherlin, University of Louisiana, Middle East Policy

"Rarely does one find such clarity and focused reasoning as that displayed throughout this collection of policy papers." —John W. Sutherlin, University of Louisiana, Middle East Policy Council

About the Author

Flynt Leverett is a senior fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. He has served as senior director for Middle East affairs at the U.S. National Security Council, on the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, and as a senior Middle East analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency.

Product Details

• Paperback: 107 pages
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press (May 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0815752059
• ISBN-13: 978-0815752059
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,766,498 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)