Diplomacy of Quasi-Alliances in the Middle East

Degang Sun; Dandan Zhang; Tim Niblock; Jinan Wang

doi:10.1017/9783959940733

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Degang Sun
With Dandan Zhang
Foreword by Tim Niblock
Translated by Jinan Wang

Publisher:: Gerlach Books
Online publication date:: October 2025
Print publication year:: 2020
Online ISBN:: 9783959940733
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9783959940733

Series:: Middle East Studies
Subjects:: Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations

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Quasi-alliance refers to the ideation, mechanism and behavior of policy-makers to carry out security cooperation through informal political and security arrangements. As a 'gray zone' between alliance and neutrality, quasi-alliance is a hidden national security statecraft.

Based on declassified archives and secondary sources, this book probes the theory and practice of quasi-alliances in the Middle East. Four cases are chosen to test the hypotheses of quasi-alliance: Anglo-French-Israeli quasi-alliance during the Suez Canal War of 1956; US-Saudi quasi-alliance during the Johnson administration; Soviet-Egypt quasi-alliance during the Sadat administration; and Iran-Syria quasi-alliance since 1979.

The research finds that alliance is a hard balancing based on legally binding treaties, while quasi-alliance is a soft balance based on a politically binding agreement. The task-oriented quasi-alliance features diversity of functions, flexibility of cooperative means, intangibility of targeting, and limitation of sovereignty transfer.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

Preface
pp ix-xii

Introduction
pp 1-12

1 - Quasi-Alliance: A Hidden Research Agenda of Contemporary Diplomatic Strategy
pp 13-32

2 - System, State and Policy-Making Levels: Quasi-Alliance Formation
pp 33-56

3 - Between Competition and Cooperation: Quasi-Alliance Management
pp 57-72

4 - Between Assets and Liabilities: Quasi-Alliance Efficacy
pp 73-84

5 - From Coalition to Self-Reliance: Quasi-Alliance Termination
pp 85-96

6 - A “Meteor” Moment: Anglo-French-Israeli Quasi-Alliance During the Suez Canal War of 1956
pp 97-140

7 - A Gulf Bridgehead: US-Saudi Quasi-Alliance During the Johnson Administration
pp 141-190

8 - A Fortress in the sand: soviet-egypt quasi-alliance during the sadat Administration
pp 191-228

9 - Brothers Indeed: Iran-Syria Quasi-Alliance Since 1979
pp 229-248

Conclusion
pp 249-272

Notes
pp 273-296

Bibliography
pp 297-324

About the Authors and Translator
pp 325-325

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