US Foreign Policy in the Eastern Mediterranean

Spyridon N. Litsas is Professor of International Relations at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece. He is also a Visiting Professor of International Relations and Eastern Mediterranean Politics at the Institut d’ etudes politiques de Grenoble (SciencesPo at the University of Grenoble) and a Visiting Professor of International Relations and Strategic Analysis at the Joint Supreme College of War of the Hellenic Armed Forces. He is teaching, researching and publishing on War Theory, Strategic Analysis, Jihadism, Politics of the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa, US & Russian Foreign Policy in South-Eastern Europe, Turkish Foreign Policy, EU Politics. His most recent publications include: ‘Stateness and Sovereign Debt: Greece in the European Conundrum’ (with Konstantinos Lavdas & Dimitrios Skiadas), ‘The Eastern Mediterranean in Transition: Multipolarity, Politics and Power’ (eds. with Aristotle Tziampiris), ‘Foreign Policy Under Austerity: Greece’s Return to Normality?’ (eds. with Aristotle Tziampiris). ‘The New Eastern Mediterranean: Theory, Politics and States in a Volatile Era’ (eds. With Aristotle Tziampiris).

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2. The U.S. in the Eastern Mediterranean: Historical and Political Considerations.- Chapter 3. Obama’s Foreign Policy and the Arab Spring: The cases of Egypt, Libya and Syria.- Chapter 4. The Greek Crisis of 2015: A European Drama and an American Deus ex-Machina.- Chapter 5. The U.S. facing the challenges of the 21st Century in the Eastern Mediterranean: The different cases of China, Russia and Turkey.