1Al-Rawashdeh. (Associated Professor), International Relations,
2International Law,
It is difficult to deny that not just the United States, but also America's worldwide allies, and, most important, the Arab states themselves, have grown weary of wars in this region. Indicative of this reality is a palpable malaise among a core of U.S. strategic analysts. Among them are those that have come to perceive Washington's relations with Arab and Islamic countries as a perennially exhausting enterprise. Included in this group are those that believe the nature and extent of the relationship for the past three decades has been unceasingly difficult to manage and sustain.
The Arab countries have been facing many challenges and threats to their existence, future as well as their cultural identity. That would be the foreign policies of various governments often appear to be confusing or contradictory is because they frequently are. During Barack Obama's presidency, such inconsistency has seemed to characterize aspects of America's relations with the Arab World. Simultaneously, signals from Washington and the mainstream U.S. media before and since Obama's meetings with his counterparts in the Arab World have not always been as clear as the signalers thought would or should be the case.
On the positive side, many among the region's strategic analysts and policymakers have been and remain pleased with the continuing high-level of military, security, and intelligence cooperation between the United States and the Arab World.
Arab World, American policy, foreign relations. Introduction
