ABSTRACT
This title represents a comprehensive study of Israel's attempts to build diplomatic relations with countries on the Asian continent. The author argues that, despite the persistence of the Arab Israeli conflict, the Israeli Foreign Ministry was remarkably successful in gaining recognition in most Asian countries. He provides an overview of Israel's relations with Asian countries from 1948 until the present, and analyses the political, social and economic factors in each country and the role that each played in the process of rapprochement with Israel. He explores the reasons for Israel's successes as well as its failures, and analyses the flaws in Israeli diplomacy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter
Introduction
part |63 pages
The Middle East Periphery
chapter |32 pages
Turkey – Low-profileDiplomacy
chapter |30 pages
Iran – From Tacit Cooperation to Open Hostility
part |82 pages
East Asia
chapter |29 pages
China and Taiwan – Between the Hammer and the Anvil
chapter |27 pages
Japan – Overcoming the Arab Boycott
chapter |24 pages
In the Shadow of the Korean Conflict
part |107 pages
South-East Asia
chapter |22 pages
Burma – From Honeymoon to Balanced Relationship
chapter |20 pages
Singapore – Garrison StatesConnection
chapter |27 pages
Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia - Diplomacy in a Disputed Region
chapter |14 pages
Thailand – Relations with an American Ally
chapter |23 pages
The Philippines – Relations with a Former US Colony
part |72 pages
South Asia
chapter |29 pages
India – In the Shadow of Nonalignment
chapter |23 pages
Sri Lanka The Tacit Connection
chapter |19 pages
Nepal–Between the Giants of Asia
part |86 pages
The Muslim States of Asia
chapter |28 pages
Pakistan Between Pragmatism and Islam
chapter |27 pages
Indonesia - Diplomacy in the Dark
chapter |30 pages
Malaysia – A Diplomatic Blunder
part |36 pages
The Caucasus and Central Asia