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Toward a Syrian-Israeli Peace Agreement:
Perspective of a Former Negotiator
Hafez al-Assad's rise to power in 1970 ended Syria's chronic instability and placed it at the forefront of the pan-Arab struggle against Israel. For many years, Syria was the most militant of the front-line Arab states and rejected any notion of peaceful co-existence with Israel. Yet, despite its radical posture
Apr 30, 1994
Brief Analysis
Long Term Prospects for Arab-Israeli Peace
On February 3, 1994, Asher Susser, director of Tel Aviv University's Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, and Martin Kramer, associate director of the Dayan Center, addressed The Washington Institute's Policy Forum on the long-term potential for peace in the Middle East. The following is a rapporteur's summary
Feb 3, 1994
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  • Martin Kramer
In-Depth Reports
Peace through Entrepreneurship:
Practical Ideas from Middle Eastern Business Leaders
Even as the historic signing of the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on September 13, 1993 has raised hopes for an end to conflict, it has also created new challenges and opportunities for actually implementing peace in the Middle East. All the parties acknowledge that the political success of the peace
Jan 1, 1994
In-Depth Reports
The Vindication of Sadat in the Arab World
The late President Anwar al-Sadat appeared to have lost much respect in the eyes of Egyptians and in the Arab world by the time of his assassination in 1981. Only in the past three years has the Arab world revised its negative image of Sadat and realized the foresight and
Oct 1, 1993
In-Depth Reports
UN Resolution 242:
Building Block of Peacemaking
Preface Ever since its adoption by the United Nations Security Council on November 22, 1967, Resolution 242 has provided context for peacemaking efforts between Arabs and Israelis. It was the basis for the only peace treaty ever signed between Israel and an Arab country, Egypt, in 1979, and the foundation
Apr 1, 1993
In-Depth Reports
Peace with Security:
Israel's Minimal Security Requirements in Negotiations with Syria
Although the uncertain status of the Palestinians lies at the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict, without Syria there simply can be no progress in the peace process. In the past, Syria was satisfied with the status quo and saw little need to establish peaceful relations with Israel. With the collapse
Apr 1, 1993
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  • Zeev Schiff
In-Depth Reports
The Politics of Change in the Middle East
In the contemporary Middle East, threats of political instability are both real and imagined, and differentiating between the two is no easy task. Myths, such as the region's near-congenital predisposition for instability, abound, but when rapid change (e.g., Iraq's invasion of Kuwait) does occur, Western governments are often caught off-guard
Apr 1, 1993
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  • Robert Satloff
In-Depth Reports
Palestinian Autonomy, Self-Government, and Peace
188 pages
Feb 1, 1993
In-Depth Reports
The 'Arab Street'?
Public Opinion in the Arab World
In the Middle East, the Gulf War shattered many stereotypes and preconceived notions, not least among them, about the so-called “Arab street.” Commentators regularly depict a mythologized and often demonized “Arab street”—an ominous urban mass that is sometimes depicted as intimidating regimes, sometimes as being held captive by them; and
Jan 1, 1993
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  • David Pollock
In-Depth Reports
Pursuing Peace:
An American Strategy for the Arab-Israeli Peace Process
The end of the Cold War has created a unique opportunity to promote a comprehensive peace settlement between the Arabs and Israel. American interests are still vitally engaged in this troubled region and lasting Arab-Israeli agreements can help to protect and promote them. With the next administration inevitably preoccupied with
Nov 1, 1992
In-Depth Reports
Water and the Peace Process:
Two Perspectives
Arabs and Israelis alike recognize the critical importance of water to the peace process and the future of regional economic cooperation. It is estimated that between 100 and 150 million cubic meters of the Yarmuk River waters flow to the Jordan River and are lost, unused in the Dead Sea
Sep 1, 1992
In-Depth Reports
Hamas: The Fundamentalist Challenge to the PLO
Hamas--the Islamic Resistance Movement--arose during the intifada as the organization of Palestinian Muslim fundamentalists of the West Bank and Gaza. Because it views the Arab-Israeli conflict as a religious struggle between Islam and Judaism that can only be resolved by the destruction of the State of Israel, it opposes the
Apr 1, 1992
In-Depth Reports
Toward Middle East Peace Negotiations:
Israeli Postwar Political-Military Options in an Era of Accelerated Change
Executive Summary Israel enters a new peace process at a time of considerable short-term safety and long-term uncertainty. The social and demographic consequences of the Gulf War have not fully expressed themselves on the politics of the region, while the military role of Iraq in the future is hard to
Dec 1, 1991
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  • Dore Gold
In-Depth Reports
The Arab States and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process:
Linkage or Disengagement?
Executive Summary Traditionally, Arab states have been unable and/or unwilling to make peace with Israel for a variety of internal and external reasons -- domestic instability and external weakness in the case of Jordan, ideological and strategic militancy in the case of Syria, domestic opinion and regional weakness in the
Dec 1, 1991
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  • Barry Rubin
In-Depth Reports
Jerusalem
Executive Summary Jerusalem's transcendent characteristic is its uniqueness -- different from that of any other city or community. It remains, after 4,000 years, a magnetic focus of mystic, historical, emotional, religious, cultural, political and strategic attention. The city retains undimmed significance for adherents of the world's three great monotheistic religions
Dec 1, 1990
In-Depth Reports
Israel and the Gulf Crisis:
Changing Security Requirements on the Eastern Front
The Gulf crisis has set into motion several fundamental strategic changes along Israel's eastern front that, taken together, could dramatically alter Israel's security requirements in the West Bank. The Israeli government would then find it even more ddifficult to offer far-reaching concessions in negotiations with the Palestinians. Three major changes
Dec 1, 1990
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  • Dore Gold
In-Depth Reports
Keynote Address
Superpower relations in the Middle East is an especially timely and provocative topic -- timely because superpower relations clearly are changing, and provocative because the consequences from those changes are far from self-evident. On one hand, the lessening of the tensions between the superpowers, especially the declining role of the
Apr 30, 1990
In-Depth Reports
Keynote Address
We have been living through a political earthquake. A year ago Erich Honecker was still heading East Germany, and people were talking about the solid infrastructure of the GDR. Milos Jakes was still ruling in Czechoslovakia, and it was said that the communist party had a strong system of control
Apr 29, 1990
In-Depth Reports
The Future Battlefield and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
The revolution now taking place in the technology of war is one with potentially dramatic implications for the Arab-Israeli military balance. In this important book. two Middle East military experts assess the impact of technological innovation on Israeli and Arab military forces. They concentrate primarily on Israel and Syria, since
Jan 1, 1990
In-Depth Reports
The Arab-Israeli Peace Process: A Trip Report
Introduction On May 14, 1989, the Israeli government announced its proposal to hold elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as a mechanism for initiating negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Although many rushed to dismiss the initiative, it has become the focal point of efforts aimed at advancing
Jan 1, 1990
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  • Samuel Lewos

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