Palestine in EU and Russian Foreign Policy

This book uses the school of constructivism to provide a new understanding of EU and Russian foreign policy, and the countries’ failure to speed up the process of establishing a Palestinian state, despite its designation as a priority in their involvement in the Middle East peace process. Palestinian statehood provides a telling example of how identity and Self-Other perception inform foreign policy-making by global actors. The book explains why the EU and Russia are so eager to be involved in any step towards a peace settlement, as well as showing to what extent the Self-perception of global actorness maintains and boosts EU and Russian influence in the region.