Evolution of a grand strategy -- The northern triangle : Iran and Turkey -- Morocco -- The southern periphery -- The Levant minorities -- The Kurds of northern Iraq -- The Jewish dimension -- The American dimension -- End of the first periphery, 1973-1983 -- Iran : periphery nostalgia and its costs -- Israeli skeptics -- Between peripheries : peace, isolation and Islam -- Is there a new periphery? -- Arab reaction -- Can Israel find a regional identity?.