DS63.2.U5F74

Includes bibliographical references

Part I. From Desert Storm to the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq -- 1. From the eye of the storm: the Kuwait crisis as seen from the American embassy at Riyadh -- 2. Objectives and end games in the Middle East -- Part II. Into the ambush of Iraq -- 3. Reflections on a war with Iraq -- 4. American unilateralism at play in the land of two rivers -- 5. Flip-flops, confusion, and the asphyxiation of political debate -- 6. Occupations and their national security consequences -- Part III. Policy consequences -- 7. The GCC and the management of policy consequences -- 8. American foreign policy and the Arab world -- 9. American interests, policies, and results in the Middle East: energy, Israel, access, and the containment of Muslim rage -- 10. West Asia and the next president: more of the same won’t do -- 11. U.S.-Arab relations: forks in the way forward -- Part IV. In defense of diplomacy and intelligence -- 12. Why not let them hate us, as long as they fear us? -- 13. National security in the age of terrorism -- 14. Empire without diplomacy -- 15. Can American leadership be restored? -- 16. Diplomacy in the age of terror -- 17. Why not try diplomacy? -- 18. America in the world: Magoo at the helm -- 19. On intelligence -- Part V. Perspectives on Saudi Arabia -- 20. Saudi Arabia and the forces of globalization -- 21. Saudi Arabia’s foreign and domestic dilemmas -- 22. The Arabs take a Chinese wife: Sino-Arab relations in the decade to come -- 23. Saudi Arabia: the end of progress without change