Palestine in EU and Russian Foreign Policy

<p>The establishment of a Palestinian state has long been a strategic objective of EU and Russian foreign policy in the Middle East. However over a decade after the creation of the road-map the establishment of an independent Palestinian state has still not been achieved. </p><p>Palestine in EU and Russian Foreign Policy uses the school of constructivism to provide a new understanding of EU and Russian foreign policy. It explores the failure of these global actors to speed up the process of establishing a Palestinian state despite this being a strategic objective and top priority of their involvement in the Middle East peace process. The book then analyses the role of identity and self-other perception in the making of EU and Russian foreign policy towards the Middle East peace process. It is argued that Palestinian statehood provides a telling empirical example of how and to what extent the search for global actorness as a matter of international identity informs foreign policy-making by global actors. The book then proceeds to discuss why the EU and Russia are so eager to be involved in initiating a peace settlement.</p><p></p><p>Offering a new understanding of foreign policy-making by global players in Middle Eastern politics this book will appeal to students scholars and policymakers working in International Relations and European Russian and Middle Eastern studies. </p>