American Universities in the Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy

Intersections with American Interests
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-52161-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 54, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 399 g

Reihe: Global Perspectives on Higher Education

The drive to promote American-style higher education is among the most longstanding and enduring features of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Since its earliest engagements in the region, the U.S. government has looked to American universities to promote Washington’s interests and values. This book analyzes how American universities in the Middle East relate to U.S. foreign policy and how this relationship has evolved amid shifting U.S. priorities through two world wars, the Cold War, and the War on Terrorism. American Universities in the Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy focuses on four sets of case studies: (1) The American University of Beirut; (2) The American University in Cairo; (3) American universities in Afghanistan and Iraq; and (4) Education City in Qatar.

At a time when policymakers are litigating core tenets of U.S. Middle East policy and new actors are entering the region’s higher education space, this book provides a resource to understand the geopolitical role of American universities in the Middle East.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chougule, Pratik

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Zusammenarbeit (Recht, Kultur, Umwelt etc.)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Außenpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Series Editors’ Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 American Universities and the Evolution of U.S. Middle East

Policy

1 American Universities in the Middle East before World War

I

2 American Inroads during the European Colonial Era

3 World War II and the Rise of Cultural Relations

4 Modernization Theory and Foreign Assistance

5 Westernization and Islamist Backlash in Middle East Higher

Education

6 Democracy Promotion and Conflict-Based

Reconstruction

7 Fallout of the Arab Uprisings

8 International Branch Campuses

9 Conclusion

2 U.S. Middle East Strategy and the American University of Beirut

1 The Syrian Protestant College before World War I

2 The Eastern Question and Arab Self-Determination

3 AUB’s Ascendance under the French Mandate

4 U.S. Government Support for AUB

5 The U.S.-Israel Alliance

6 War against Terrorism

7 Lebanization

8 U.S. Interests

9 Conclusion

3 The American University in Cairo and the U.S.-Egypt

Partnership

1 Political Neutrality before World War II

2 World War II and AUC’s Evolving Relationship with

Washington

3 Navigating Egyptian Nationalism

4 Impact of the Six Day War

5 Anwar Sadat and a New Era of U.S.-Egypt Relations

6 Stability under Hosni Mubarak

7 Compromises on Academic Freedom

8 The 2011 Egyptian Revolution

9 The Role of U.S. Officials

10 U.S. Interests

11 Conclusion

4 Nation-Building and American Universities in Afghanistan and

Iraq

1 Return of the Exiles

2 Early Reluctance

3 Accelerating Success

4 Constitutional Mandates

5 National Institutions versus an American University

6 Women’s Rights

7 Security

8 American Withdrawal

9 Conclusion

5 Branch Campuses in Qatar

1 Qatari Investment in International Branch Campuses

2 The Appeal of American Universities

3 Qatar’s National Development Strategy

4 Qatari Elites

5 American University Administrators

6 Role of the U.S. Government

7 Education City and U.S. Foreign Policy Interests

8 Conclusion

6 Assessments, Conclusions, and Future Prospects

1 The Relation between American-Style Universities in the

Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy

2 Assessments on the Impact of American Universities on U.S.

Foreign Policy

3 A More Global Higher Education Landscape

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Pratik Chougule, J.D. (2014), Yale Law School, was a researcher at Boston College’s Center for International Higher Education while writing this book.