Marketing US Foreign Policy in the MENA Region American Presidents vs Non-State Actors

The book examines how US media, public opinion, interest groups and think tanks respond to US Presidents’ attempts to market their foreign policies in the MENA Region. The scope of the analysis extends from the war on terror to the so-called Arab Spring. It focuses on some case studies including the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Iran nuclear deal. The book fills a gap in the literature pertaining to analyzing US foreign policy in the MENA area from a political communication perspective rather than from IR or a political-theory angle, which remains the dominant literature. In so saying, the book will appeal to students, researchers as well as thinks tanks and policy makers.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Media and US Foreign Policy in the MENA area: From the war on terror to the Arab Spring.- Chapter 3. The US Public Opinion: A Marginal Impact on US Foreign Policy.- Chapter 4. Interest Groups : An imperfect Impact.- Chapter 5. Think Tanks: A  Circuitous Impact on US Foreign Policy.-  Summary and conclusion.

Fouad Touzani is currently the founder and director of Ibn Ghazi Arabic Institute in Morocco. He has presented many research papers in many international conferences. His research interests include foreign policy, international security and political communication.