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The limits of culture : Islam and foreign policy / Brenda Shaffer (ed.).

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: BCSIA studies in international securityPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 350 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262283441
  • 0262283441
  • 1423796616
  • 9781423796619
  • 9780262195294
  • 0262195291
  • 9780262693219
  • 0262693216
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Limits of culture.DDC classification:
  • 327/.0917/67 22
LOC classification:
  • JZ1251 .L55 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: the limits of culture / Brenda Shaffer -- Culture and foreign politics / Markus Fischer -- Beyond blood and belief: culture and foreign policy conduct / Douglas W. Blum -- History and foreign policy: from constructed identities to "ancient hatreds" east of the Caspian / Ronald Grigor Suny -- Culture and alliances: U.S. portrayals of Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan before and after September 11, 2001 / Ido Oren with Robert Kauffman -- Congress, constituencies, and U.S. foreign policy in the Caspian / David King and Miles Pomper -- Domestic politics, bureaucratic strategies, and culture in Central Asia / Roger Kangas -- The Islamic Republic of Iran: is it really? / Brenda Shaffer -- Civilizational identity and foreign policy: the case of Iran / Ali M. Ansari -- Taliban Afghanistan: a true Islamic state? / Svante E. Cornell -- Pakistan's foreign policy: Islamic or pragmatic? / Svante E. Cornell -- Conclusion / Brenda Shaffer.
Summary: "The Limits of Culture explores the effect of culture on foreign policy, focusing on countries in the geopolitically important Caspian region and paying particular attention to those states that have identified themselves as Islamic republics: Iran, Taliban Afghanistan, and Pakistan."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the limits of culture / Brenda Shaffer -- Culture and foreign politics / Markus Fischer -- Beyond blood and belief: culture and foreign policy conduct / Douglas W. Blum -- History and foreign policy: from constructed identities to "ancient hatreds" east of the Caspian / Ronald Grigor Suny -- Culture and alliances: U.S. portrayals of Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan before and after September 11, 2001 / Ido Oren with Robert Kauffman -- Congress, constituencies, and U.S. foreign policy in the Caspian / David King and Miles Pomper -- Domestic politics, bureaucratic strategies, and culture in Central Asia / Roger Kangas -- The Islamic Republic of Iran: is it really? / Brenda Shaffer -- Civilizational identity and foreign policy: the case of Iran / Ali M. Ansari -- Taliban Afghanistan: a true Islamic state? / Svante E. Cornell -- Pakistan's foreign policy: Islamic or pragmatic? / Svante E. Cornell -- Conclusion / Brenda Shaffer.

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"The Limits of Culture explores the effect of culture on foreign policy, focusing on countries in the geopolitically important Caspian region and paying particular attention to those states that have identified themselves as Islamic republics: Iran, Taliban Afghanistan, and Pakistan."--Jacket.

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