‘Redefining U.S. Interests in the Middle East’
Oct 9th, 2008 by MESH
From MESH Admin
The latest contribution to Middle East Papers is by Adam Garfinkle, editor of the journal The American Interest. Garfinkle (a particularly prolific contributor to MESH) argues that the conventional understanding of U.S. interests no longer accords with post-Cold War realities. The protection of oil, support for Israel, and preservation of U.S. hegemony need to be reconfigured in the absence of a great power rival. Yet the United States is stuck in Cold War-think. Garfinkle analyzes the changes, and proposes his own prioritized list of top four U.S. interests in the Middle East. Download here.