Middle Power in the Middle East provides an overview of the challenges Canada has faced in its foreign and defence policy toward the Middle East.

Edited by Thomas Juneau and Bessma Momani

1. Introduction
Thomas Juneau and Bessma Momani

2. Sleeping Beside the Elephant: The U.S. and Canada’s Middle East policy
Farzan Sabet

3. Being a Reliable Ally in a Politicized War: Canada’s Fight Against the Islamic State
Justin Massie and Marco Munier

4. Capacity-Building and Training: Supporting Security Services in Iraq, Jordan, and the Palestinian Territories
Mike Fleet and Nizar Mohamad

5. Islamic State Foreign Fighters: Their Return and Canadian Responses
Amarnath Amarasingam and Stephanie Carvin

6. Humanitarian Foreign Policy and Refugees: Welcoming Syrians in Crisis
Nawroos Shibli

7. Supporting Civil Society: Jordan’s Changing Development Landscape
E.J. Karmel

8. Dealing with an Illiberal Democracy: Turkey’s Erdöan Tests Bilateral Relations
Chris Kilford

9. Responding to Political Islam: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and Islam in Canada
Nermin Allam

10. Promoting Human Rights: Canada’s Confused Policies in the Middle East
David Petrasek

11. Selling Weapons: Saudi Arabia and the Trudeau Government’s Feminist Foreign Policy
Jennifer Pedersen

12. Supporting Mediation: Canada as Peacemaker in the Middle East
Peter Jones

13. Balancing Canada’s Role in the Arab-Israeli Peace Process
Costanza Musu

14. Navigating Ideology and Foreign Policy: Canadian Prime Ministers and Israel
Frédéric Boily

15. Conclusion
Nathan C. Funk