Islam in Foreign Policy

A collection of case studies analysing the role and influence of Islam in foreign policies of states.

Originally published in paperback in 1985, this book was designed to analyse the complex roles which Islam plays in the formulation and implementation of the foreign policies of a number of states in which all, or a considerable part, of the population is Muslim. The countries under study are Iran, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Pakistan, Egypt, Morocco, Iraq, Nigeria, Indonesia and the Soviet Union, and in each case a well-known authority looks at the influence of Islam on the process of foreign policy. This book provided a source of information and insight for readers with a serious interest in the subject, including those in politics, international affairs and journalism.

Contributors
Preface
1. Islam in foreign policy: some methodological issues Adeed Dawisha
2. Khumayni's Islam in Iran's foreign policy R. K. Ramazani
3. Islamic values and national interest: the foreign policy of Saudi Arabia James P. Piscatori
4. Libyan loneliness in facing the world: the challenge of Islam? B. Scarcia Amoretti
5. In search of an identity: Islam and Pakistan's foreign policy Shirin Tahir-Kheli
6. The limits of instrumentalism: Islam in Egypt's foreign policy Ali E. Hillal Dessouki
7. Explaining the nearly inexplicable: the absence of Islam in Moroccan foreign policy I. William Zartman
8. Invoking the spirit of Arabism: Islam in the foreign policy of Saddam's Iraq Adeed Dawisha
9. Islam and Nigerian foreign policy: tradition and social criticism Sam C. Nolutshungu
10. The Islamic factor in Indonesia's foreign policy: a case of functional ambiguity Michael Leifer
11. Islam in the foreign policy of the Soviet Union: a double-edged sword? Karen Dawisha and Helene Carrere D'Encausse
12. Conclusion Albert Hourani
Index.