“The New Europe?”
European Diplomatic History and the Future of the Middle East
This essay considers structural parallels between the collapse of the Congress System in nineteenth-century Europe and the downturn of the pax americana in the Middle East today. Citing examples from European history to illustrate the enduring centrality of the United States to the Middle East’s balance of power, it offers lessons for the Middle East as…
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