Restoring the balance : a Middle East strategy for the next president / / Council on Foreign Relations ; Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings ; Richard N. Haass ... [et al.].

• Author: Council on Foreign Relations.
• TeilnehmendeR: Haass, Richard.; Council on Foreign Relations.; Brookings Institution. Saban Center for Middle East Policy.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: ix, 232 p.

"Experts from the Brookings Saban Center and Council on Foreign Relations propose a new, nonpartisan strategy drawing on the lessons of past failures to address short-term and long-term challenges to U.S. interests. Issues and policy recommendations cover the Arab-Israeli conflict, counterterrorism, Iran, Iraq, political and economic development, and nuclear proliferation"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

A time for diplomatic renewal : toward a new U.S. strategy in the Middle East / Richard N. Haass and Martin Indyk -- The evolution of Iraq strategy / Stephen Biddle, Michael E. O'Hanlon, and Kenneth M. Pollack -- Pathways to coexistence : a new U.S. policy toward Iran / Suzanne Maloney and Ray Takeyh -- Managing nuclear proliferation in the Middle East / Bruce Riedel and Gary Samore -- Addressing the Arab-Israeli conflict / Steven A. Cook and Shibley Telhami -- Economic and political development in the Middle East : managing change, building a new kind of partnership / Isobel Coleman and Tamara Cofman Wittes -- Counterterrorism and U.S. policy toward the Middle East / Daniel Byman and Steven Simon.