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View from the East: Arab Perceptions of United States Presence and Policy
The papers included address in detail some of the implications of those perceptions for US military presence and policy in the region. Brent Talbot focuses his analysis on the key segment of the region's population that stands between the totally dispossessed and deprived radical base and some entrenched,
corrupt regimes. This Arab majority, he argues, can reshape the
region's states into culturally compatible and accountable (if not
purely democratic by western standards) revisionist Arab and
Islamic political and economic states that are much more
compatible with United States values and presence. This is a
significant message in terms of the longer-term strategic postscript
to the current US-Iraq conflict. Mike Meyer focuses his analysis at
the more operational level of US military personnel on the ground
in the region, but comes to complementary conclusions as to United States public diplomacy and presence. He argues that American
military personnel and programs must purposefully shape the
relationships--and through them perceptions and attitudes--with
the emerging military and political leaders in this region of
transition. This approach also provides a key element to the statebuilding exercise that will likely soon present itself. Together the two papers suggest a wisdom of experience--academic and practical--that is essential to the high-stakes endgame that lies before us.
USAF Institute for National Security Studies
Talbot, Brent J.; Meyer, Michael B.
2003-02
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Arab Perception and Consensus Problems: Implications for US Policy in the Middle East
"This paper is a preliminary effort to assess Middle Eastern perceptions of the US and the resulting effect on US foreign policy in the region. My effort follows a three part outline: a) Arab perceptions of the US; b) how a lack of consensus within the civil polity, especially the relationship between governments and Islamic forces, impedes progress in the various states of the Arab world and
contributes to misperception; and c) US policy recommendations and conclusions." This paper is part of a larger document entitled "View from the East: Arab Perceptions of United States Presence and Policy".
United States Air Force Academy
Talbot, Brent J.
2003-02
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