Beyond the handshake : multilateral cooperation in the Arab-Israeli peace process, 1991-1996 / Dalia Dassa Kaye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaye, Dalia Dassa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Arab countries--Foreign economic relations--Israel.

Arab countries.

Israel--Foreign economic relations--Arab countries.

Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Arabs and Israelis have battled one another in political and military arenas, seemingly continuously, for some fifty years. The 1991 Madrid Peace Conference sought to change this pattern, launching bilateral and multilateral tracks in the Arab-Israeli peace process. As a result, a broad group of Arab states sat down with Israel and began to cooperate on a wide range of regional issues in what became known as the Middle East multilaterals. Yet why did enemies reluctant even to recognize one another choose to cooperate on regional problems? And once this process began, what drove the parties

Contents:

Explaining Regional Multilateral Cooperation

The Historical Record: Pre-Madrid Regional Cooperation

The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Multilateral Talks

Regional Security Cooperation

Regional Economic Cooperation

Water and Environmental Cooperation

Conclusion

Appendix A: Concluding Remarks by Secretary of State James A. Baker III Before the Organizational Meeting for Multilateral Negotiations on the Middle East (January 28, 1992)

Appendix B: Article 4: Security. Treaty of Peace Between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan(October 26, 1994)

Appendix C: Declaration of Principles and Statements of Intent on Arms Control and Regional Security

Appendix D: Statement by the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf on the Cancellation by the GCC of the Secondary/Tertiary Arab Boycott of Israel (October 1, 1994)

Appendix E: Casablanca Declaration Middle East/North Africa Economic Summit(October 30-November 1, 1994)

Appendix F: Amman Declaration Middle East/North Africa Economic Summit (October 29-31, 1995)

Appendix G: Cairo Declaration Middle East/North Africa Economic Conference (November 12-14, 1996)

Appendix H: Declaration on Principles for Cooperation Among the Core Parties on Water-Related Matters and New and Additional Water Resources - The Multilateral Working Group on Water Resources Oslo (February 13, 1996)

Appendix I: The Bahrain Environmental Code of Conduct for the Middle East (October 25, 1994).

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [294]-310) and index.

ISBN:

9780231529365

0231529368

OCLC:

818857931