US Allies in a Changing World

Barry Rubin was a well-known expert on terrorism and Middle East affairs. He was director of the Global Research for International Affairs (GLORIA) Center at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center. He also served as editor of both the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal and the Turkish Studies journal.Thomas A. Keaney is senior fellow at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies and a senior adjunct professor of strategic studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Until June 2017, he was the Associate Director of Strategic Studies at the school. Before coming to SAIS in 1998, he was for ten years a professor of military strategy at National War College, Washington DC, and director of its core courses on military thought and strategy.

• Part 1: American Perspectives 1. The United States and its Allies: A Historical Perspective 2. Post-Cold War Allies: The Illusion of Unipolarity 3. US Military Capabilities in the Post-Cold War Era: Implications for Middle East Allies Part 2: Europe 4. The Anglo-American Defense Partnership 5. Perspectives on German Security and Defense Policy Part 3: Middle East 6. Turkey and the United States: Ambivalent Allies 7. The United States and the Gulf States: An Alliance in Need 8. Israel and the United States: Can the Special Relationship Survive the New Strategic Environment? Part 4: Asia 9. The Japan–US Alliance: A Key to the Peace and Stability of the Asia Pacific Region 10. The Changing ROK–US Alliance: From Containment to Cooperative Engagement 11. From Strategic Ambiguity to ‘Three No’s’: The Changing Nature of US Policy toward Taiwan 12. The US–Australian Alliance