Middle Power in the Middle East

Thomas Juneau is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa.Bessma Momani is a professor of political science and assistant vice-president at the University of Waterloo, a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), and a non-resident fellow of the Arab Gulf States Institute.

• 1. IntroductionThomas Juneau and Bessma Momani2. Sleeping Beside the Elephant: The U.S. and Canada’s Middle East policyFarzan Sabet3. Being a Reliable Ally in a Politicized War: Canada’s Fight Against the Islamic StateJustin Massie and Marco Munier4. Capacity-Building and Training: Supporting Security Services in Iraq, Jordan, and the Palestinian TerritoriesMike Fleet and Nizar Mohamad5. Islamic State Foreign Fighters: Their Return and Canadian ResponsesAmarnath Amarasingam and Stephanie Carvin6. Humanitarian Foreign Policy and Refugees: Welcoming Syrians in CrisisNawroos Shibli7. Supporting Civil Society: Jordan’s Changing Development LandscapeE.J. Karmel8. Dealing with an Illiberal Democracy: Turkey’s Erdoğan Tests Bilateral RelationsChris Kilford9. Responding to Political Islam: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and Islam in CanadaNermin Allam10. Promoting Human Rights: Canada’s Confused Policies in the Middle EastDavid Petrasek11. Selling Weapons: Saudi Arabia and the Trudeau Government’s Feminist Foreign PolicyJennifer Pedersen12. Supporting Mediation: Canada as Peacemaker in the Middle EastPeter Jones13. Balancing Canada’s Role in the Arab-Israeli Peace ProcessCostanza Musu14. Navigating Ideology and Foreign Policy: Canadian Prime Ministers and IsraelFrédéric Boily15. ConclusionNathan C. Funk

"This collection nicely demonstrates how – and why – the Middle East continues to matter to Canadians."- Kim Richard Nossal, Queen’s University (International Journal)