UNIT 10

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION

1. RELATIONS BETWEEN THE US AND GULF STATES?

2. POLICIES FROM THE US TOWARDS OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST?

Fiels regarded in
the US’ foreign
policies
Sub-regions in the
Middle East

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WORDS EXPLANATION WORDS EXPLANATION WORDS EXPLANATION
1. Fear of a negative 5. Deepen sectarian divides: 8. HOSTILE in a fight
outcome make relations between 9. loud and strongly
2. OPTIMISM DOMINATED religious or political groups publicized SUPPORT
OVER HORROR (in the worse
10.  narrow and not thinking
process of nuclear 6. The pro – Tehran leanings of
carefully
negotiations between US foreign policy: the US
Iran and the West) government’s strategy in 11. MORE ADAPTABLE/
3. Aim to cap Tehran’s supporting and creating close FLEXIBLE AND RESISTANT
nuclear ambitions: relationS with Iran SOCIETIES THAT CAN
INTEND to impose an 7. Proxies: militant groups or RECOVER QUICKLY
upper limit on Tehran’s political parties that receive QUESTIONS
intention on nuclear support from other authorities 7. Both the US and the Gulf
program. to do something for them and countries were unsatisfied
to represent somebody else. with the meeting’s result
4. To underwrite more
ambitious diplomacy: to because they did not get all
QUESTIONS
guarantee FOR THE they wanted from the
4. The purpose is to bring Iran
determined diplomatic back into the international
meeting, while Gulf countries
METHOD OF USING community and utilize that didn’t receive the
NUCLEAR T NEGOTIATE participation to rein in Iran's compromise defense that
QUESTIONS destructive activities, they desired, the US failed to
1. It was about the particularly its backing for achieve some goals for the
outcomes of the proxies such as Hezbollah summit.
negotiations between 8. The existing problems
those states on Iran’s 5. He compared that to confirm consist of the Saudi Arabian’s
nuclear program the US’s certain guarantee to its opinion about the Tehran
2. An agreement which allies' defense. If they were
was approved by THE deal, the U.S aid for the color
attacked, the US would not
international community revolutions and its narrow
hesitate to use military force.
will give Iran more policy toward Syria.
powers in regional 9 .The Gulf States' strategy in
6. The tactic focuses on
politics and especially Iran is in contrast to the
strengthening relations
economic sanctions will strategy in Israel. The Gulf
 trigger Iran’s more between friends and security states' foreign policies share
aggressive diplomacy , allies in order to restrain more common interests with
which leads to the aggressive states' actions the US which could result in a
promotion of Iran’s own
model and the intense geopolitical change
factional separation challenging Iran’s
through Middle East. engagement in regional
politics.
3. Because it may restore
the bias in the US
foreign policy towards
Iran during the
monarchy period.