Steven A Cook
Biographic Data
| ID | 3744609 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven A Cook |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven A |
| FAMILY NAME | Cook |
| SIGNATURE | COOK S A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Council on Foreign Relations |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The End of Ambition
The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East posits that in the post–World War II era, the United States was successful in the Middle East when it pursued policies aimed at preventing harm to its core interests. There were moral and material costs to this success, of course, but oil flowed freely from the region, Israel was secure, and the United States remained predominant. The American failure in the Middle East s…
False Dawn
In False Dawn, noted Middle East regional expert Steven Cook offers a sweeping narrative account of the past five years, moving from Turkey to Tunisia to Yemen to Iraq to Egypt and beyond, ultimately presenting a powerful theoretical analysis of why the Arab Spring failed
The Struggle for Egypt
The recent revolution in Egypt has shaken the Arab world to its roots. The most populous Arab country and the historical center of Arab intellectual life, Egypt is a linchpin of the US's Middle East strategy, receiving more aid than any nation except Israel. This is not the first time that the world and has turned its gaze to Egypt, however. A half century ago, Egypt under Nasser became the putative leader of the Arab world and a beacon for all d…
The USA, Turkey, and the Middle East
The article situates Turkey's approach to the Middle East in a broader historical context, demonstrating that there is more continuity in Ankara's approach to the region than observers tend to believe. It also argues that specific domestic political, economic, and global patterns of politics are likely to produce a divergence between the USA and Turkey on critical Middle Eastern issues, notably the Israeli–Palestinian problem and Iran's drive for…
Turkey's War at Home
Turkey is now more polarized than at any other time since the left–right violence that engulfed the country during the 1970s. As Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) have lurched from one crisis to another over the last two years, the domestic coalition that brought them to power has fractured. In an effort to satisfy different constituencies, AKP has jettisoned prudent reformism in favour of ad hoc poli…
Ruling But Not Governing
"Mistaking Data for "Theory
We should not be too hasty to discount the prodemocratic political ferment in the Arab world, nor be fooled into thinking that Islamist groups will play a constructive part in democratic transitions
Getting to Arab Democracy
Power-sharing pacts and democracy with guarantees are far from perfect. Still, both Western policy makers and Arab reformers should take a long-term view of democratic change in the Arab world. Not only do pacts hold out the promise of drawing Arab leaders into political reform, but by lengthening the transition process, they can also help lay the foundations for the successful consolidation of democratic institutions. While power-sharing arrange…
The Right Way to Promote Arab Reform
SINCE TAKING office four years ago, President George W. Bush has often spoken ofthe need for political reform in the Arab world. Ordinary Arabs, however, have had good reason to be skeptical of his much discussed forward strategy of freedom in the Middle East. After all, their region has been mired in political stasis for years, thanks in part to U.S. support for many ofthe Middle East's dictators. For most of the last five decades, Washington ha…
Getting to Arab Democracy
Power-sharing pacts and democracy with guarantees are far from perfect. Still, both Western policy makers and Arab reformers should take a long-term view of democratic change in the Arab world. Not only do pacts hold out the promise of drawing Arab leaders into political reform, but by lengthening the transition process, they can also help lay the foundations for the successful consolidation of democratic institutions. While power-sharing arrange…
The Right Way to Promote Arab Reform
SINCE TAKING office four years ago, President George W. Bush has often spoken ofthe need for political reform in the Arab world. Ordinary Arabs, however, have had good reason to be skeptical of his much discussed forward strategy of freedom in the Middle East. After all, their region has been mired in political stasis for years, thanks in part to U.S. support for many ofthe Middle East's dictators. For most of the last five decades, Washington ha…
Turkey's War at Home
Turkey is now more polarized than at any other time since the left–right violence that engulfed the country during the 1970s. As Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) have lurched from one crisis to another over the last two years, the domestic coalition that brought them to power has fractured. In an effort to satisfy different constituencies, AKP has jettisoned prudent reformism in favour of ad hoc poli…
"Mistaking Data for "Theory
We should not be too hasty to discount the prodemocratic political ferment in the Arab world, nor be fooled into thinking that Islamist groups will play a constructive part in democratic transitions
The Right Way to Promote Arab Reform
SINCE TAKING office four years ago, President George W. Bush has often spoken ofthe need for political reform in the Arab world. Ordinary Arabs, however, have had good reason to be skeptical of his much discussed forward strategy of freedom in the Middle East. After all, their region has been mired in political stasis for years, thanks in part to U.S. support for many ofthe Middle East's dictators. For most of the last five decades, Washington ha…
"Mistaking Data for "Theory
We should not be too hasty to discount the prodemocratic political ferment in the Arab world, nor be fooled into thinking that Islamist groups will play a constructive part in democratic transitions
Getting to Arab Democracy
Power-sharing pacts and democracy with guarantees are far from perfect. Still, both Western policy makers and Arab reformers should take a long-term view of democratic change in the Arab world. Not only do pacts hold out the promise of drawing Arab leaders into political reform, but by lengthening the transition process, they can also help lay the foundations for the successful consolidation of democratic institutions. While power-sharing arrange…
Ruling But Not Governing
Turkey's War at Home
Turkey is now more polarized than at any other time since the left–right violence that engulfed the country during the 1970s. As Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) have lurched from one crisis to another over the last two years, the domestic coalition that brought them to power has fractured. In an effort to satisfy different constituencies, AKP has jettisoned prudent reformism in favour of ad hoc poli…
The Struggle for Egypt
The recent revolution in Egypt has shaken the Arab world to its roots. The most populous Arab country and the historical center of Arab intellectual life, Egypt is a linchpin of the US's Middle East strategy, receiving more aid than any nation except Israel. This is not the first time that the world and has turned its gaze to Egypt, however. A half century ago, Egypt under Nasser became the putative leader of the Arab world and a beacon for all d…
The USA, Turkey, and the Middle East
The article situates Turkey's approach to the Middle East in a broader historical context, demonstrating that there is more continuity in Ankara's approach to the region than observers tend to believe. It also argues that specific domestic political, economic, and global patterns of politics are likely to produce a divergence between the USA and Turkey on critical Middle Eastern issues, notably the Israeli–Palestinian problem and Iran's drive for…
False Dawn
In False Dawn, noted Middle East regional expert Steven Cook offers a sweeping narrative account of the past five years, moving from Turkey to Tunisia to Yemen to Iraq to Egypt and beyond, ultimately presenting a powerful theoretical analysis of why the Arab Spring failed
The End of Ambition
The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East posits that in the post–World War II era, the United States was successful in the Middle East when it pursued policies aimed at preventing harm to its core interests. There were moral and material costs to this success, of course, but oil flowed freely from the region, Israel was secure, and the United States remained predominant. The American failure in the Middle East s…
Political science (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Democracy (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · History (3 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 works) · Middle East (3 works)