Israel’s Foreign Policy Beyond the Arab World

Name: Israel’s Foreign Policy Beyond the Arab World
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Israels Foreign Policy Beyond the Arab WorldEngaging the Periphery\nAuthor(s): Jean-Loup Samaan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138099876, 978-1138099876\nSynopsis\nFor over 60 years, Israels foreign policy establishment has looked at its regional policy through the lens of a geopolitical concept named \""the periphery doctrine.\"" The idea posited that due to the fundamental hostility of neighboring Arab countries, Israel ought to counterbalance this threat by engaging with the \""periphery\"" of the Arab world through clandestine diplomacy. \n\nBased on original research in the Israeli diplomatic archives and interviews with key past and present decision-makers, this book shows that this concept of a periphery was, and remains, a core driver of Israels foreign policy. The periphery was borne out of the debates among Zionist circles concerning the geopolitics of the nascent Israeli State. The evidence from Israels .