Author : Henry Siegman
Publisher : Council on Foreign Relations
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 32,20 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780876092040
An independent Task Force sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations calls for a change in U.S. policy and for a bold American initiative to help Israel and the Palestinians reach agreement on the broad contours of a final settlement that can satisfy the minimal aspirations of both parties.
Author : Richard Welch Murphy
Publisher :
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 48,59 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
ISBN :
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 21,52 MB
Release :
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ISBN : 1428990844
Author : William B. Quandt
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 13,15 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780520225152
One message of Peace Process is that the United States has had, and will continue to have, a crucial role in helping Israel and her Arab neighbors reach peace. If American presidents play their role with skill, they can make a lasting contribution. But just as likely, they may misread the realities of the Middle East and add to the impasse by their own errors.
Author : Seth Anziska
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 41,92 MB
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0691202451
For seventy years Israel has existed as a state, and for forty years it has honored a peace treaty with Egypt that is widely viewed as a triumph of U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East. Yet the Palestinians - the would-be beneficiaries of a vision for a comprehensive regional settlement that led to the Camp David Accords in 1978 - remain stateless to this day. How and why Palestinian statelessness persists are the central questions of Seth Anziska's groundbreaking book, which explores the complex legacy of the agreement brokered by President Jimmy Carter. Based on newly declassified international sources, Preventing Palestine charts the emergence of the Middle East peace process, including the establishment of a separate track to deal with the issue of Palestine. At the very start of this process, Anziska argues, Egyptian-Israeli peace came at the expense of the sovereignty of the Palestinians, whose aspirations for a homeland alongside Israel faced crippling challenges. With the introduction of the idea of restrictive autonomy, Israeli settlement expansion, and Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, the chances for Palestinian statehood narrowed even further. The first Intifada in 1987 and the end of the Cold War brought new opportunities for a Palestinian state, but many players, refusing to see Palestinians as a nation or a people, continued to steer international diplomacy away from their cause.
Author : Martin Indyk
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 689 pages
File Size : 36,7 MB
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1101947551
A perceptive and provocative history of Henry Kissinger's diplomatic negotiations in the Middle East that illuminates the unique challenges and barriers Kissinger and his successors have faced in their attempts to broker peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors. “A wealth of lessons for today, not only about the challenges in that region but also about the art of diplomacy . . . the drama, dazzling maneuvers, and grand strategic vision.”—Walter Isaacson, author of The Code Breaker More than twenty years have elapsed since the United States last brokered a peace agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians. In that time, three presidents have tried and failed. Martin Indyk—a former United States ambassador to Israel and special envoy for the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in 2013—has experienced these political frustrations and disappointments firsthand. Now, in an attempt to understand the arc of American diplomatic influence in the Middle East, he returns to the origins of American-led peace efforts and to the man who created the Middle East peace process—Henry Kissinger. Based on newly available documents from American and Israeli archives, extensive interviews with Kissinger, and Indyk's own interactions with some of the main players, the author takes readers inside the negotiations. Here is a roster of larger-than-life characters—Anwar Sadat, Golda Meir, Moshe Dayan, Yitzhak Rabin, Hafez al-Assad, and Kissinger himself. Indyk's account is both that of a historian poring over the records of these events, as well as an inside player seeking to glean lessons for Middle East peacemaking. He makes clear that understanding Kissinger's design for Middle East peacemaking is key to comprehending how to—and how not to—make peace.
Author : William B. Quandt
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 12,96 MB
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0815703856
A Brookings Institution Press and the University of California Press publication Updated through the first term of President George W. Bush, the latest edition of this classic work analyzes how each U.S. president since Lyndon Johnson has dealt with the complex challenge of Arab-Israeli peacemaking. There have been remarkable successes—such as the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty—frustrating failures, and dangerous wars along the way. This book helps to situate the current Middle East crisis in historical context and point to some possible ways out of the impasse between Israelis and Palestinians. Quandt suggests a clear U.S. commitment to a two-state solution—one that would assure Israel of security and peace within the 1967 treaty-established borders, offer the Palestinians an early end to Israeli occupation of Gaza and most of the West Bank, and establish both a Jewish and Arab Jerusalem. Written especially for classroom use, Peace Process is also an invaluable resource for policymakers and anyone interested in this vital region of the world. Praise for previous editions of Peace Process “Clearly written, carefully balanced and comprehensive in scope . . . should prove invaluable to all serious students of American foreign policy.”—New York Times Book Review “A major work, whether judged by the standards of classical diplomatic history or modern political science.”—Foreign Affairs “Provides fresh insights into the complexities of creating the process and defining the substance of American foreign policymaking.”—Survival “While objective to a fault, Quandt writes with an insider's knowledge of policymaking and decisions taken at the highest levels of government.”—Middle East Policy “Both a history and analysis of an evolving relationship between Israel and its Arab opponents.”—Choice “A major contribution to understanding the complexity of U.S. presidents’ handling of the [Arab-Israeli] conflict. It should be compulsory reading for anyone studying the Middle East conflict, peacemaking and conflict resolution.”—Journal of Peace Research
Author : Ahmad Azzam El-Mustafa
Publisher :
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 29,3 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Middle East
ISBN :
This report will review the importance of the Middle East to the whole world, U.S. and will examine the factors affecting U.S. vital interests in the area and what U.S. security policy in the region must consider to best achieve its objectives and the security and objectives of its allies. The author attempts to prove that the Arab-Israeli conflict is the heart and the major fundamental problem in all of the Middle East crises. Solving this conflict with a broader, just and lasting peace and comprehensive settlement to the Palestinian question will enhance the stability of the region, contain the Soviet influence and eliminate the need for the Soviets to oppose Israel (the main adversary to the Arab States) and Israel main supporter (U.S.). Satisfying the Palestinian rights will eliminat their reasons for any retaliatory actions (terrorism). The unique and vital role of U.S. in the peace process is emphasized. Specific recommendations for U.S. policy, diplomatic, political, moral, military and economic assistance to the countries in the region are offered and the actions to be taken to best serve the Middle East countries and U.S. interests in the region. The author concludes that the U.S. should foster the peace process and use its influence to constrain Israel and all parties concerned and stop taking sides. Doing this, the U.S. will be in a better position of credibility and will be more effective in the region.
Author : Nicholas Laham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 15,70 MB
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1351160508
This insightful work explores one of the under-examined eras of US foreign policy toward the Palestinian question: the Reagan years. The Reagan tenure is often perceived as one of disengagement from the region, especially in the aftermath of the bombing in Lebanon. Nicholas Laham contends that this is not so and that the Reagan administration set the tone for US policy for the next two decades. Specifically the work analyzes the nexus between domestic actors and US foreign policy toward the Arab-Israeli conflict. Employing significant archival materials, the book probes in detail the machinations which produced new policies and new policy priorities during this era. This study is provocative but the arguments are well-supported and solid, thus offering a major contribution to the literature. The work will prove a valuable reference tool on the Reagan presidency, the Palestinian conflict, the Middle East and international relations more generally in light of the 2001 terrorist attacks, the war with Iraq and the continuing ramifications of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Author : Samer Bakkour
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 31,28 MB
Release : 2022-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1000595978
Presenting the Middle East peace process as an extension of US foreign policy, this book argues that ongoing interventions justified in the name of ‘peace’ sustain and reproduce hegemonic power. With an interdisciplinary approach, this book questions the conceptualisation and general understanding of the peace process. The author reinterprets regional conflict as an opportunity for the US through which it seeks to achieve regional dominance and control. Engaging with the different stages and components of the peace process, he considers economic, military and political factors which both changed over time and remained constant. This book covers the US role of mediation in the region during the Cold War, the history and present state of US-Israel relations, Syria’s reputation as an opponent of ‘peace’ compared with its participation in peace negotiations, and the Palestinian-Israel conflict with attention to US involvement. The End of the Middle East Peace Process will primarily be of interest to those hoping to gain an improved understanding of key issues, concepts and themes relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict and US intervention in the Middle East. It will also be of value to those with an interest in the practicalities of peacebuilding.
