Alliance of the periphery

The "alliance of the periphery" or the "periphery doctrine" refers to a foreign-policy strategy developed by Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion. It called for Israel to pursue exceptionally close bilateral ties with certain non-Arab nations throughout the Middle East and North Africa, with the ultimate goal of establishing a reliable counterweight to the large Arab military coalitions that had been fighting in the Arab–Israeli conflict. The policy was employed chiefly with regard to Turkey, the Imperial State of Iran, the Ethiopian Empire, and the Kurdish people living in Iraq and Syria.