Jihad for Jerusalem

Jihad for Jerusalem explores the agent-structure dynamics in world politics and advances a constructivist theory of choice that explains the role of identity culture religion and other core values in international politics. The struggle for Jerusalem by Iran Saudi Arabia Jordan and Israel is the empirical space where the dynamics between reason and identity values and strategies is explored.Jihad for Jerusalem advances a theory of agency in international politics. This theory of agency is based on a reconstituted constructivist paradigm. The theory is tested by an examination of the foreign policy decision making of Iran Israel Jordan and Saudi Arabia towards Israel from 1967-1997. The book uses the foreign policy of these states as cases to test the tension between religion and rationality between identity and reason between power and morality and advances a constructivist theory of choice that explains the importance of the role of culture religion identity and core values in international politics. Anyone interested in international relations theory and the convoluted politics of the Middle East will find this book intriguing reading.