Middle East & North Africa Archives - Foreign Policy In Focus

Continuing Storm: The U.S. Role in the Middle East

by Foreign Policy In Focus, Stephen Zunes | Apr 1, 1999

This Special Report is from Global Focus: U.S. Foreign Policy at the Turn of the Millennium, the new Foreign Policy In Focus book that features major foreign policy analysts charting the dimensions of U.S. foreign policy. Also included are provocative essays on U.S. policy in all major global regions and a comprehensive reform agenda. Global Focus is available from St. Martin’s Press.

Morocco and Western Sahara

by Stephen Zunes | Dec 1, 1998

Key Points

U.S.-Iraq Conflict

by Phyllis Bennis | Nov 1, 1997

Key Points

Iran

by Stephen Zunes | Aug 1, 1997

Key Points

Peace and Military Policy in Africa

by fpifadmin | Jan 1, 1997

Key Problems

U.S. Oil Policy in the Middle East

by Mamoun Fandy | Jan 1, 1997

Key Problems Controlling oil access is a cornerstone of U.S. Middle East policy. U.S. reliance on imported oil is very high. Oil from the Persian Gulf accounts for 10% of the oil used in the U.S. Dual containment of Iran and Iraq, along with a broader military engagement policy, is key to U.S. strategy in assuring the flow of oil.