TY - JOUR A1 - Henke, Marina T1 - Tony Blair’s Gamble: The Middle East Peace Process and British Participation in the Iraq Campaign in 2003 JF - British Journal of Politics and International Relations N2 - Tony Blair tried throughout the preparatory phase of the US-led Iraq intervention in 2003 to influence US policy on the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP). This article tries to understand how Blair fared in this endeavor. Using newly declassified documents, it examines the circumstances under which the US administration listened and engaged with British ideas regarding the MEPP and when and why it ignored British requests. The study shows that Blair was able to extract the greatest US concessions on the MEPP in moments when Great Britain’s participation in the Iraq campaign was the most uncertain. The findings promote fresh thinking on how, when and why the UK can influence US decision-making. KW - Tony Blair, Middle East, Peace, Iraq Y1 - 2018 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-hsog/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3075 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/1369148118784708 VL - 20 SP - 1 EP - 17 ER -