The Peace puzzle : America's quest for Arab-Israeli peace, 1989-2011 / Daniel C. Kurtzer ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kurtzer, Daniel C., author.

Contributor:

Kurtzer, Daniel.

United States Institute of Peace, associated with work.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Peace.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Diplomatic history.

United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.

United States.

Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Having observed earlier periods of determined, persistent, creative and wise American diplomacy on the Arab-Israeli conflict, we are left to ponder whether that kind of American leadership and diplomatic wisdom can be recaptured. We also are left to wonder whether the supportive domestic environment in which previous administrations operated will recur, or whether Congressional and public support for Israel has limited administration options and thus changed the very nature of the American role in the peace process. Our overall conclusions in this volume represent a mix of process, politics, and substantive lessons learned, offered in the hope that a better understanding of the past can inform future policy."-from The Peace Puzzle Each phase of Arab-Israeli peacemaking has been inordinately difficult in its own right, and every critical juncture and decision point in the long process has been shaped by U.S. politics and the U.S. leaders of the moment. The Peace Puzzle tracks the American determination to articulate policy, develop strategy and tactics, and see through negotiations to agreements on an issue that has been of singular importance to U.S. interests for more than forty years. In 2006, the authors of The Peace Puzzle formed the Study Group on Arab-Israeli Peacemaking, a project supported by the United States Institute of Peace, to develop a set of "best practices" for American diplomacy. The Study Group conducted in-depth interviews with more than 120 policymakers, diplomats, academics, and civil society figures and developed performance assessments of the various U.S. administrations of the post-Cold War period. This book, an objective account of the role of the United States in attempting to achieve a lasting Arab-Israeli peace, is informed by the authors' access to key individuals and official archives.

Contents:

Introduction : understanding the decline of American Mideast diplomacy

Opportunities created, opportunities lost : the United States and the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations at Oslo and Madrid

Within reach : the United States and the Israeli-Syrian negotiations of the 1990s

The collapse of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations : Camp David, 2000

George W. Bush reshapes America's role in his first term

The second term : new faces, new initiatives, new challenges and same results

Epilogue : Obama, an early assessment

Concluding remarks : lessons learned and unlearned.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8014-6586-9

OCLC:

820123251